"I have always been a great believer in the doctrine that the best way to get a thing done is to do it yourself."

"I don't go so far as to think that the only good Indians are dead Indians, but I believe nine out of every ten are."

"The hand that holds the ballot box is the hand that rules the world."

"I have been a good deal of a pioneer in my life, and I have found that the only way to get on is to be a little bit ahead of the times."

"The most ultimately righteous of all wars is a war with savages."