In our inner individual lives we can never be indifferent, and we assert for ourselves complete freedom to embrace, to profess and to observe the principles for which our flag has so long been the lofty symbol.

The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.

The principle on which this country was founded and by which it has always been governed is that Americanism is a matter of the mind and heart; Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.