Nine-tenths of our measures for preventing vice are really protective towards it, because they ward off the penalty.

Great captains of industry are as rare as great generals

If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control.

The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. . . . I call C the Forgotten Man.

Undoubtedly there are, in connection with each of these things, cases of fraud, swindling, and other financial crimes; that is to say, the greed and selfishness of men are perpetual.

He who would be well taken care of must take care of himself.

If you live in a country run by committee, be on the committee.

We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty.

The State cannot get a cent for any man without taking it from some other man, and this latter must be a man who has produced and saved it. This latter is the Forgotten Man

There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study.

It is the tendency of the social burdens to crush out the middle class, and to force society into an organization of only two classes, one at each social extreme.

Music

I do not think there is a woman in whom the roots of passion shoot deeper than in me.

Sometimes I fear the strength of Love.!

Alcohol makes the nobleman into a feeble man.

It must be great to spend time in a spot and if you walk away, it’s so much better than before because of something you did.

Anyone that wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office.

I was surprised recently to find a book called "Poetry in Persons" that's coming out about visit to poets to a class that Pearl London gave.

Courage you have, and the knowledge that we are all pilgrims together, wending through unknown country, home.

Making a long stay short is a great aid to popularity.

The suburb was the major element of Australian society.