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If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.

Such is man, and so must he be understood by those who would lead him, even to his own best interests.

The leading rule for a lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence.

Our cause, then, must be intrusted to, and conducted by, its own undoubted friends--those whose hands are free, whose hearts are in the work, who do care for the result.

His duty is to administer the present Government as it came to his hands and to transmit it unimpaired by him to his successor.

Energy in the Executive is a leading character in the definition of good government.

In administering the laws of Congress I shall keep steadily in view the limitations as well as the extent of the Executive power trusting thereby to discharge the functions of my office without transcending its authority.

Only the BLACK WOMAN can say “when and where I enter, in the quiet, undisputed dignity of my womanhood, without violence and without suing or special patronage, then and there the whole Negro race enters with me.”

Teach them that there is a race with special needs which they and only they can help; that the world needs and is already asking for their trained, efficient forces.

Nay, ’tis woman’s strongest vindication for speaking that the world needs to hear her voice.

My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total, and I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution.

The oath taken in the presence of the people becomes a mutual covenant.

Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

War is the province of danger, and therefore courage above all things is the first quality of a warrior.

The Constitution defines the functions and powers of the executive as clearly as those of either of the other two departments of the Government, and he must answer for the just exercise of the discretion it permits and the performance of the duties it imposes.

It decrees that we, the people, elect leaders not to rule but to serve.

Our answer is this: a denial of constitutionally protected rights demands judicial protection; our oath and our office require no less of us.

Great events are usually preceded by apparently small things.

There are some men who will do more than their share of work and who will attempt more than they are physically able to accomplish.

Nearly all of us recognize that as intricacies of human relationships increase, so power to govern them also must increase--power to stop evil; power to do good.

Hence a sound and comprehensive policy should embrace not less the distant future than the urgent present.

This close, intimate, personal cooperation between the management and the men is of the essence of modern scientific or task management.

In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first.

One must subject oneself to one's own tests that one is destined for independence and command, and do so at the right time.

With foresight, and a willingness on the part of our people to face up to the vast responsibility which history has clearly placed upon our country, the difficulties I have outlined can and will be overcome.