I do not care whether a man is a banker or a bricklayer; if he is a good banker or a good bricklayer he is a good citizen.

To take advantage of the greatest opportunities you must have the men.

I believe not in brilliancy, not in genius, I believe in the ordinary, humdrum, work-a-day virtues that make a man a good man in his family, a good neighbor, a good man to deal with in business, a good man to deal with in the State.

Our duty is to lead our lives in a spirit of decency, of courage and of common sense, that will make us fit to be citizens of this great republic.

I have enjoyed being here.

Now I feel that we did not give it half enough.

It is absolutely essential, if we are to have the proper standard of public life, that promise shall be square with performance.

No worthier object can be striven after than the creation of a building such as this for the benefit of those to whom every American owes so much—the enlisted men of the United States navy.

I do not ask of you, men and women here today, good citizenship as a favor to the State.

In the last analysis it is the man's own character which is and must ever be the determining factor in his success or failure in life

The shots that count in battle are the shots that hit, and only those.

I have not got much to say to you, because since I have been in California I have felt a good deal more like learning than teaching.

I am sure that the others will not mind my saying a special word of greeting to two sets of men.

No one can too strongly insist upon the elementary fact that you cannot build the superstructure of public virtue save on private virtue.

The one indispensable thing for us to keep is a high standard of character for the average American citizen.

Remember that after the war has begun it is too late to improvise a navy.

That is the spirit of devotion to the flag and the country, and to one's fellows which the United States navy develops.

Applaud the navy and what it has done. That is first-class. But make your applause count by seeing that the good work goes on.