After all, the chief business of the American people is business

Not all those who are attempting to conduct successful businesses are profiteers

No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace or insure it victory in time of war

The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes

The business of America is business

In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you

Character is the only secure foundation of the state

Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance