In the army you developed two or three or half a dozen great geniuses.

Never in their history has each man had, as he has now, such a good chance for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

We need other things, too; we have got to have a proper ideal of our lives; each man must do his duty by his neighbor.

He has got in the first place to be honest and decent.

We should not be here if it were not for them, but their exercise has caused great questions to rise in our national life.

Government by the majority in Congress had practically come to a stop when Mr. Reed became Speaker.

One secret, perhaps I might say the chief secret, of Mr. Blaine's extraordinary hold upon the affections of his countrymen was his entirely genuine and unaffected Americanism.

If government cannot go on it is not government.

We have got to do it somehow, and I ask that all men stand shoulder to shoulder as Americans to see that they do it well.

It is always pleasant to point to an example which we can follow rather than avoid.

It is a much easier thing to tell people that you have got a patent recipe that—will save them from having to take trouble themselves than it is to tell them perfectly plain, homely truths.

We won out because our fathers had iron in their blood, because they dared greatly and did greatly, because when they were convinced where their duty lay they resolutely did it, no matter what the cost.

These problems are very difficult.

No improvement in firearms, no perfection of equipment, no change in tactics will avail unless back of them all lies the spirit that sent you and your fellows from '61 to '65, again and again against the Confederate lines.

The Government, national and state, can mighty easily spoil chances for all of us.

The Monroe Doctrine is simply a statement of our very firm belief that on this continent the nations now existing here must be left to work out their own destinies among themselves and that the continent is not longer to be regarded as…

An efficient navy of adequate size is not only the best guarantee of peace, but is also the surest means for seeing that if war does come the result shall be honorable to our good name and favorable to our national interests.

I thank you for listening.