The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage that we move on to better things.

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

We cannot afford merely to sit down and deplore the evils of city life as inevitable, when cities are constantly growing, both absolutely and relatively. We must set ourselves vigorously about the task of improving them; and this task is now well begun.

No foreign policy-no matter how ingenious-has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of few and carried in the hearts of many.

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