"When I am in the White House, I am the President; when I am in the country, I am a farmer."

"I am a strong believer in the doctrine of 'the big stick in foreign policy.'"

"No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency."

"I don't think there is any use of my going into the matter of the lynching. I will not say anything about it one way or the other."

"I do not want to be a mere figurehead. I want to be a leader."