To take charge of the most important work under my administration, the building of the Panama Canal, I chose General Goethals. Both of his parents we… - Theodore Roosevelt

The first essential in determining how to deal with the great industrial combinations is knowledge of the facts—publicity. In the interest of the public, the Government should have the right to inspect and examine the workings of the great corporations engaged in interstate business. Publicity is the only sure remedy which we can now invoke. What further remedies are needed in the way of governmental regulation, or taxation, can only be determined after publicity has been obtained, by process of law, and in the course of administration. The first requisite is knowledge, full and complete—knowledge which may be made public to the world. Artificial bodies, such as corporations and joint stock or other associations, depending upon any statutory law for their existence or privileges, should be subject to proper governmental supervision, and full and accurate information as to their operations should be made public regularly at reasonable intervals.

I do not like to see young Christians with shoulders that slope like a champagne bottle.

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.