Author: cbanaszak@riponsociety.org

“Let us remember that words count only when they give expression to deeds or are to be translated into them.” Speech to the Nobel Prize Committee, 1910

“No man, not even the soldier who does his duty, stands quite on the level with the wife and mother who has done her duty.” The Outlook April 8, 1911

“In our government we cannot permanently succeed unless the people really do rule.” Address in St. Louis, Missouri March 28, 1912

“We, here in America, hold in our hands the hope of the world, the fate of the coming years; and shame and disgrace will be ours if in our eyes the light of high resolve is dimmed, if we trail in the dust the golden hopes of men.” New York City March 20, 1912

“The least desirable of all taxes is the tax which bears heavily upon the honest as compared with the dishonest man.” Seventh Annual Message December 3, 1907

“The whole problem of taxation is now, as it has been at almost all times and in almost all places, one of extreme difficulty.” Annual Message as Governor January 3, 1900

“It is true that no nation can be really great unless it is great in peace; in industry, integrity, honesty.” Address at the Naval War College, June 1897