"I believe that truth and justice are fundamental to an enduring social order."

"The American Beauty Rose can be produced in the splendor and fragrance which bring cheer to its beholder only by sacr…"

"As for charity, it is injurious unless it helps the recipient become independent of it."

"My mother and father raised but one question: Is it right, is it duty?"

"I was born into it [wealth] and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food or any other el…"

"I took responsibility early and, like my parents, I was serious."

"I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

"I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty."

"I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant of the people and not…"

"I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes ev…"