"It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training...."
"I have never advocated war except as a means to peace."
"Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate."
"Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, or to do anything, never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished."
"Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor."
"I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution."
"It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may expect the most efficient service."
