The first lesson in civics is that efficient government begins at home.

"Where there is muck to be raked, it must be raked,and the public must know of it, that it may mete out justice...."

"When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free."

"I believe in work, hard work, and long hours of work. Men do not breakdown from overwork, but from worry and dissipation."

"Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion, and in this country public opinion controls the courses of the nation."