"I am quite sure that in the hereafter she will take me by the hand and lead me to my proper seat."

“I am interested in physical medicine because my father was. I am interested in medical research because I believe in it. I am interested in arthritis because I have it.”

“America has never forgotten — and never will forget — the nobler things that brought her into being and that light her path — the path that was entered upon only one hundred and fifty years ago … How young she is! It will be centuries before she will adopt that maturity of custom — the clothing of the grave — that some people believe she is already fitted for.”

“Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.”

“A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.”

“There are no such things as incurable, there are only things for which man has not found a cure.”

“A political leader must keep looking over his shoulder all the time to see if the boys are still there. If they aren’t still there, he’s no longer a political leader.”