No Matter What Anyone May Say About

It Has Become The Custom In Our Country To Expect All Chief Executives, From The President Down, To Conduct Activities Analogous To An Entertainment Bureau. No Occasion Is Too Trivial For Its Promoters To Invite Them To Attend And Deliver An Address.

Never Go Out To Meet Trouble. If You Just Sit Still, Nine Cases Out Of Ten, Someone Will Intercept It Before It Reaches You.

Public Debt [is] A Burden On All The People.

The Nation Which Forgets Its Defenders Will Be Itself Forgotten.

What America Needs Is To Hold To Its Ancient And Well-charted Course. Our Country Was Conceived In The Theory Of Local Self-government. It Has Been Dedicated By Long Practice To That Wise And Beneficent Policy. It Is The Foundation Principle Of Our System Of Liberty. It Makes The Largest Promise To The Freedom And Development Of The Individual. Its Preservation Is Worth All The Effort And All The Sacrifice That It May Cost.