In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.

In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you."

If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.

Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.