We can not afford, if we are to make this republic true to its promise, if we are to make its mighty future as essentially great as is its past, we cannot, as citizens, afford to sunder in the deep matters along lines other than the lines…

I would preach to my countrymen not the life of ease; not the effortless life of comfort, of avoidance of risk, and avoidance of trouble.

Each of you as he moved forward into battle was immensely interested in the man on his right and the man on his left.

It is the same thing now in civil life.

We owe it to them that there is an America today.

In the marches, you remember, as recruits you found about midday the blanket was heavy, you were tempted to throw it away, and by midnight you wished you had two of them.

The man that is needed is the man who will stay put.

A man who does a wrongful act sins against the State as well as against himself.

Precept is a very good thing, but to my thinking an ounce of practical energy is worth any amount of precept without action.

I feel that I am not a stranger among you as I was engaged for 20 years in the cow-business in this State.

It is a great pleasure for me to address you upon this beautiful spring morning.

It is a fitting thing to be introduced on Decoration Day by a United States senator, who not only served in the great Civil War, but to whom it was given to win the highest treasure that can come to any American soldier, the medal of honor…

People of Wyoming, I believe in you and in your future.

Don't draw unless you mean to shoot.

You know I have strong views about children.

You literally made the wilderness blossom as the rose.

After the farmer has had the farm for his life he should be able to hand it to his children as a better farm than it was when he had it.

In accordance with the provisions of section 2253 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and by the authority therein given, it is hereby ordered that the land included within the following boundaries and being a portion of the…