"I have always been for the man who is willing to take off his coat and go to work."

"I am a strong believer in the doctrine of 'the big stick in foreign policy.'"

"I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind."

"The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life."

"I preach to you, then, my countrymen, that our country calls not for the life of ease but for the life of strenuous endeavor."