It is hereby ordered that the following-described tracts of land be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn from sale and settlement and set apart as an addition to the Moapa River or Paiute Indian Reservation in southeastern Nevada, for the…

Luther M. Walter may be appointed to the position of law clerk in the Interstate Commerce Commission upon appropriate noncompetitive examination.

Mrs. Annie M. West and Mrs. Sadie B. Yates may be reinstated to the positions of sewer and telephone operator, respectively, in the Government Printing Office, without regard to the provisions of Rule IX limiting the period of eligibility…

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

In the tests prescribed under regulations governing the employment of unskilled labor the element of age shall be omitted in the case of soldiers and sailors of the Civil War, and their relative fitness decided by their physical…

Now that was not enough, no matter how patriotic a man was in 1861.

If he did not have a fighting edge, his patriotism did not count.

The worst crime against this nation which can be committed by any man is the crime of dishonesty, whether in public life, or whether in private life.

Such action, however, required a special exception to the rules.

The Commission therefore refused to recommend a special exception to the rules unless he would prove that he was eligible under the rules to take an examination for the same position.

by virtue of the authority in me vested, and in pursuance of said Act of the Congress, approved July 1, 1902, do hereby declare, proclaim and make known that the following described lands be, and the same are hereby, reserved for naval…

The man who is content to go through life owing his alma mater for an education for which he has made no adequate return is not true to the ideals of American citizenship.

A gentleman does not boast, bluster or bully; he does not insult others.

Do not make threats at all, but if it becomes necessary to say what, in a certain contingency we are going to do, say it and then do it.

I do not wish us ever as a nation to take a position from which we have to retreat.

Years count differently at different places and at different times.

He is in honor bound to make such return.

It is gratifying to know, what we would of course assume, that the government of Russia shows the feelings of horror and indignation with which the American people look upon the outrages at Kishineff and is moving vigorously not only to…