"I have never been able to understand why the man who works with his hands should be regarded as less worthy of respect than the man who works with his head."

"I have been President of the United States. I have been a colonel of a regiment. I have been a police commissioner of New York. I have been a cattle ranchman. I have been a hunter of big game. I have …"

"I am not an advocate of female suffrage. I believe that these women, when they are good, are good in their homes, and when they are not good, they are not good anywhere."

"I am not a reformer; I am a conservative."

"The Negro is a perfectly stupid race."