——大总统誓词，1912年1月1日
Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.
我不是说唱歌手，我是个领袖。
There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.
The most effective policies are those that align individual and collective interests.
The world needs more scientists who think like engineers, and more engineers who think like scientists.