I believe in the pioneer, even when he is as well dressed as the pioneer I am addressing.

The best possible assurance against war is an adequate navy.

Do not threaten; do not bluster; above all, do not insult other people; but when you make up your mind that the situation is such as to require you to take a given position, take it and keep it, and have it definitely understood that what you say you are ready to make good.

With men such as you, and with two of your citizens, the father and mother of a boy like that, of course you are expansionists.

It is no wonder the people of Washington have shown themselves true to the practices and principles of the men who fought in the great war.

If you were not I would want to know what was the matter with you.

I congratulate Washington on its agriculture, its lumber, its mines, upon all that it produces, but most of all upon its crop of children.

The only way to do in building up the Navy is to keep on with it.

I ask for a navy, primarily, because it is the surest means of keeping peace; and also because if war does come, surely there can be no American who will tolerate the idea of its having anything other than a successful issue.

The only shots that count are the shots that hit.

The surest guarantee of peace is an adequate Navy.

Never draw unless you mean to shoot.

Base is the man who inflicts wrong, and base is the man who suffers a wrong to be done him.

Whether we wish it or not we have to be a great power; we have to play a great part.

We can glory now in the deeds of Manilla and Santiago, because for the dozen years before our people were building up the Navy.

We have met to commemorate a mighty pioneer feat, a feat of the old days, when men needed to call upon every ounce of courage and hardihood and manliness they possessed in order ta make good our claim to this continent.

I ask that you show your appreciation of what the Navy did in '98, that you show your appreciation of what was done in the past by the pioneers who won this land by making ready for the future.

I ask that we, the inheritors of the glory of the men who founded the Republic under Washington, of the men who saved it under Lincoln, in our turn play our part and do aright the lesser tasks of today.