"The most ultimately righteous of all wars is a war with savages."

"I have never been a man who has been afraid to speak his mind, and I have never been a man who has been afraid to do what he thought was right."

"The most important thing for the white man is to be sure that he does not give way to the black man. We have got to keep our civilization pure."

"I have always been a believer in the doctrine that the best way to make a man behave is to treat him as if he were a gentleman."

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