"I have always been fond of the West African proverb: 'Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.'"

"It is not enough to be good; you must be good for something."

"I have always been a man who has been interested in the development of American agriculture, and I have always been a man who has been interested in the development of American manufacturing."

"I believe that the only way to get a man to do what you want him to do is to make him want to do it."

"No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the virile qualities without which no nation can speak with power, or can command respect in the councils of the world."