The principle that those who think alike ought to be able to act alike wherever they happen to live should be supplemented by another rule for the continuation of the contentment and tranquillity of our Republic.

I want to see the policy adopted by the States of discharging their public functions so faithfully that instead of an extension on the part of the Federal Government there can be a contraction.

Our country ought to be done with all sectional divisions and all actions based upon geographical lines.

I deem it necessary for the discipline of our military forces that the judgment of the efficiency board should be accepted by the President and the Congress as final unless some information develops which was not known at the time of their…

Nothing in this record indicates that such is the case in relation to Captain Rothwell, and I have therefore reluctantly come to the conclusion that I must return this act without my approval.

Since 1910, 3,000,000 boys in the United States have been scouts - one out of every even eligible.

The Boy Scout movement has been instituted in order that the youth, instead of falling under the domination of habits and actions that lead only to destruction, may come under the discipline of a training that leads to eternal life.

The boy on becoming a scout binds himself on his honor to do his best, as the oath reads:

On each one of us rests a moral obligation to do our share of the world's work.

We are what that struggle has made us.

The more I have studied this movement, its inception, purposes, organization, and principles, the more I have been impressed.

What a formula for developing moral and spiritual character!

The public welfare, success, and prosperity of the Nation will depend upon the proper coordination of all these various efforts and upon each loyally performing the service undertaken.

Though the environment has greatly changed, human nature has not changed.

They can be secured only through action.

I have taken those under consideration and of course have a good many places offered.

While I can't occupy more than one place during the summer, it is very nice to have brought to the general public's attention the availability of all these different localities for other people that are seeking places to go during the…

While acknowledging the courtesy of the invitation of the League of Nations to attend such a meeting, I do not feel that any useful purpose could be served by the designation of a delegate by my Government to attend a Conference for this…