
I cannot say how I have appreciated being here in your beautiful State and your beautiful city.
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I cannot say how I have appreciated being here in your beautiful State and your beautiful city.

I believe in the Monroe doctrine, and I believe in it not as an empty formula of words, but as something we are ready to make good by deeds.

I believe in doing all we can to avoid a quarrel, to avoid trouble.

In saying good-by to you I want to say that it has been the greatest pleasure to see you.

We can solve aright all the difficult problems that come up because of and through our modern civilization.

To think of the well-nigh incredible fact that all of this that I have been looking at—the city, the development of the country—that it has all occurred within twenty years.

I always envy you men of the Grand Army because you do not have to preach; you practiced.

Any man who claims that there can be liberty in spite of and against the law is claiming that anarchy is liberty.

If he lies down you cannot carry him.

I have looked forward toward visiting your wonderful and beautiful State for years, and I am so glad of having the chance of being here.

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

It is a good thing to grow citrus fruits, but it is even a better thing to have the right kind of citizenship.

I believe in the future of this country because I believe in the men and women whom we are developing in the country.

I wish to say a word of special acknowledgment to the teachers.

Good laws can do much. Good administration of the laws can do much.

I cannot say to you how much I have looked forward to making the trip.

I greet you today. I am glad to be here in your beautiful country.