"Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership"
"A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible"
"A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt"
"In the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach"
"If you want to make enemies, try to change something"
"If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing"
"If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it"
"If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience"
"I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose"
"I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty"
"I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect of the past"
"I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow"
"A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits"
