In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.

I would rather go out of politics having the feeling that I had done what was right than stay in with the approval of all men, knowing in my heart that I have acted as I ought not to.

To befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business & corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.

Our fight is a fundamental fight against both of the old corrupt party machines, for both are under the dominion of the plunder league of the professional politicians who are controlled and sustained by the great beneficiaries of privilege and reaction.

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.

Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children's children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.

The most practical kind of politics is the politics of Decency.

We can just as little afford to follow the doctrinaires of an extreme individualism as the doctrinaires of an extreme socialism.