"The rays from this beacon, lighting this gateway to the continent, will welcome the poor and the persecuted with the …"

"I saw Mr. Lincoln a number of times during the canvass for his second election. The characteristic which struck me mo…"

"A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is a man who hopes they are."

"If you will refrain from telling any lies about the Republican Party, I'lll promise not to tell the truth about the D…"

"One of the characters of the Senate, and one of the upheavals of the Populist movement was Senator Jeff. Davis, of Ar…"

"Something must be done, and that speedily, to bridge the widening chasm between the Executive and the Congress. Our e…"

"There are millions of stories in the world, and several hundred of them good ones."

"A witty illustration or an apt story will accomplish more than columns of argument."

"While conditions in the United States because of the World War are serious, they are so much better than in the years…"

"He is one of the foremost orators in the country, and as an after-dinner speaker is unrivaled. He charms a cultivated…"