“There is not one of us who does not need to have a helping hand stretched to him at some time, and woe to the man who refuses to stretch that helping hand.”

Speech in Albany, New York, November 1901

“We believe with all our hearts in democracy; in the capacity of the people to govern themselves; and we are bound to succeed.”

Speech in Saratoga, New York, September 1910

“There is much less need of genius or of any special brilliancy in the administration of our government than there is need of such homely virtues and qualities as common sense, honesty, and courage.”

Address in Albany, New York, January 1899

“Of course, in a government like ours, a man can accomplish anything by acting in combination with others, and equally, of course, a number of people can act together only by each sacrificing certain of his beliefs or prejudices.”

Forum, July 1894

“We cannot possibly do our best work as a nation unless all of us know how to act in combination as well as how to act each individually for himself.”

Speech at the Minnesota State Fair, September 2, 1901

“There is not a man of us…who does not at times need a helping hand to be stretched out to him, and then shame upon him who will not stretch out the helping hand to his brother.”

Pasadena, California, May, 8, 1903

“There is always a tendency to believe that a hundred small men can furnish leadership equal to that of one big man. This is not so.”

Ladies’ Home Journal, May 1917

“The one great reason for our having succeeded as no other people ever has, is to be found in that common sense which has enabled us to reserve the largest possible individual freedom.”

Life of Gouverneur Morris, 1888

“First and foremost, we must stand firmly on a basis of good, sound ethics. We intend to do what is right for the ample and sufficient reason that it is right.”

Outlook, June 19, 1909

“Our greatest statesmen have always been those who believed in the nation—who had faith in the power of our people to spread until they should become the mightiest among the peoples of the world.”

“The Strenuous Life,” Speech in Chicago, Illinois, April 10, 1899

“The man or woman who does work worth doing is the man or woman who lives, who breathes that work; with whom it is ever present in his or her soul; whose ambition is to do it well and to feel rewarded by the thought of having done it well.”

Speech in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 22, 1902

“I believe in the party to which we belong because I believe in the principles for which the Republican party stood in the days of Abraham Lincoln.”

At the New York Republican State Convention, September 27, 1910