No public man can be just a little crooked.

Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury.

Public health service should be as fully organized and as universally incorporated into our governmental system as is public education. The returns are a thousand fold in economic benefits, and infinitely more in reduction of suffering and promotion of human happiness.

Courage is the essential element in any great public man or woman.

The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.

The opportunities of America opened out to me the public schools. They carried me to the professional training of an American university. I began by working with my own hands for my daily bread.