"There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time." - Telegram to AFL president Samuel Gompers, 14 September 1919; concerning the 1919 Boston Police strike
"There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time."
- Telegram to AFL president Samuel Gompers, 14 September 1919; concerning the 1919 Boston Police strike
"I feel I no longer fit in these times."
- Said shortly before his death in 1933
"There's no chance for job advancement."
- After being asked why he would not seek re-election
"They criticize me for harping on the obvious. Perhaps someday I'll write On the Importance of the Obvious. If all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves."
"I don't recall any candidate for President that ever injured himself very much by not talking."
"We do not need more intellectual power, we need more moral power. We do not need more knowledge, we need more character. We do not need more government, we need more culture. We do not need more law, we need more religion. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen. If the foundation be firm, the foundation will stand."
