It is indeed appropriate that the Methodists of America...should found this great university in the city of Washington.

It is indeed appropriate that the Methodists of America—the men belonging to that religious organization which furnished the pioneers in carving out of the West what is now the heart of the great American Republic—should found this great…

I thank you for having given me the opportunity this afternoon to come before you and to lay the corner-stone of this building.

It is hereby ordered that such employees of the Executive Departments, the Government Printing Office, and the Navy Yard and Station at Washington, D.C., as served in the Military or Navy service of the United States in the late Civil War…

I earnestly commend this case of unexampled disaster to the generous consideration of the Congress.

The disaster is complete; that the city of St. Pierre has ceased to exist; and that the American consul and his family have perished.

It is hereby ordered that upon Wednesday, the 21st instant, such employees of the Executive Departments, the Government Printing Office, and the Navy Yard and Station at Washington, D.C., as served in the military or naval service of the…

For this purpose I recommend that an appropriation of $500,000 be made, to be immediately available.

The Government of France [...] inform us that Fort de France and the entire island of Martinique are still threatened.

The disaster is complete; that the city of St. Pierre has ceased to exist.

I have directed the departments of the Treasury, of War, and of the Navy to take such measures for the relief of these stricken people as lies within the Executive discretion.

By the President of the United States of America, A Proclamation

Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power vested in me by law, do hereby declare and make known that all of the lands so as aforesaid ceded by the Shoshone and Bannock Indians…

They did justice as strong men, not as weaklings; and we will show ourselves strong men and not weaklings.

Where wrong has been done by anyone the wrong-doer shall be punished; but we shall not halt in our great work because some man has happened to do wrong.

Honor to the statesmen of the past, and may the statesmen of the present strive to live up to the example they set!

A battleship cannot be improvised.

If the navy fails us then we are doomed to defeat.