In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.
If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.
You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me.
The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes.
All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
No man ever listened himself out of a job.
I did not see the sense in chasing a little white ball around a field.
There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.
Silence can never be misquoted.
