“In every field of endeavor the work best worth doing for Americans must in some degree express the distinctive characteristics of our own national soul.”

Address before the American Academy and National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York City, November 1, 1916

“Nothing can take the place of the education of the home; and that education must be largely the unconscious influence of character upon character.”

Before the Minnesota State Legislature, St. Paul, Minnesota, April 4, 1903

“The government ought not to conduct the business of the country; but it ought to regulate is so that it shall be conducted in the interest of the public.”

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, October 4, 1906

“We can best get justice by doing justice.”

Speech, “National Duties,” September 2, 1901

“Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready.”

Address at the Mechanics’ Pavilion in San Francisco, California, May 13, 1903

“Each Congressman should be made to feel that it is his duty to support the law, and that he will be held to account if he fails to support it.”

Scribner’s Magazine, August 1895

“As a people we have played a large part in the world, and we are bent upon making our future even larger than the past.”

State of the Union, December, 1902

“The man who wishes to do good in his community must go into active political life.”

Forum, July, 1894

“All for each, each for all, is a good motto, but only on condition that each works with might and main to so maintain himself as not to be a burden to others.”

An Autobiography, 1913