"Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft."

"I have never been able to understand why a man should not be proud of his race."

"I am not in the least concerned with the abstract rights of the matter, but with the concrete facts."

"I am a strong believer in the doctrine of 'the square deal for the small businessman.'"

"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."