- Money, we know, will fetch anything and command the service of any man. »
- Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. Not only have I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets, but I have found that when I silently commune with people they give up their secrets also - if you love them enough. »
- 'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world. »
- Differences in political opinion are as unavoidable as, to a certain point, they may perhaps be necessary. »
- I hold before you my hand with each finger standing erect and alone, and as long as they are held thus, not one of the tasks that the hand may preform can be accomplished. I cannot lift. I cannot grasp. I cannot hold. I cannot even make an intelligible sign until my fingers organize and work together. In this we should also learn a lesson. »
- To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country. »
- When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. »
- The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish Government, presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established Government. »
- Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action. »
- I believe that the great Creator has put ores and oil on this earth to give us a breathing spell. As we exhaust them, we must be prepared to fall back on our farms, which is God's true storehouse and can never be exhausted. We can learn to synthesize material for every human need from things that grow. »
- How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the strong -- because someday you will have been all of these. »
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