"The proper time to do a thing is when it has to be done, and the proper way to do it is to do it right."

"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."

"I don't think that any entirely civilized people can fight with the tremendous and joyous ferocity which characterizes the Zulu or Apache."

"The American people are not a nation of mollycoddles."

"I am a firm believer in the doctrine that a man should do his best, and let the rest take care of itself."