“The constitution was created to secure justice; and we refuse to allow it to be so perverted as to become a barrier between the people and justice.”

Speech in Chicago, December 10, 1912

“Christmas was an occasion of literally delirious joy.“

An Autobiography, 1913

“The power of the Congress to regulate Interstate commerce is an absolute and unqualified grant, and without limitations other than those prescribed by the Constitution.”

Second Annual Message, December 2, 1902

“In order to succeed we need leaders of inspired idealism, leaders to whom are granted great visions, who dream greatly and strive to make their dreams come true.”

Speech at Carnegie Hall, March 20, 1912

“Often much of the best service that is rendered in Congress must be done without any hope of approbation or reward.”

Harvard Graduates’ Magazine, October, 1892

“The dealings of the United States with foreign powers should be considered from no partisan standpoint.”

The Independent, August 11, 1892

“We need to make our political representatives more quickly and sensitively responsive to the people whose servants they are.“

Speech in Osawatomie, KS, August 31, 1910

“A man of sound political instincts can no more subscribe to the doctrine of absolute independence of party on the one hand than to that of unquestioning party alliance on the other.”

Atlantic Monthly, Alabama, August, 1894

“There never can be, there never will be a good government in which the average citizen is not a decent man in private life.”

Speech in Montgomery, Alabama, October 24, 1905

“Wise legislation is vitally important, but honest administration is even more important.”

Speech in Philadelphia, PA, June 21, 1900

“Let the watchwords of all our people be the old familiar watchwords of honesty, decency, fair-dealing and common sense.”

Speech at the New York State Fair, September 7, 1907