We are Americans, and that means that we treat Americanism primarily as a matter of spirit and purpose.

With righteousness must go strength to make that righteousness of avail.

And in the names of the mighty men of the past I ask each man here to do his part in seeing that this nation remains true in deed as well as in word to the ideals of the past;

Of course you must have the ability to stand up to the hammering; the courage, the daring, the resolution to endure.

I am glad that we, as Americans, have cause to be proud of the army and the navy of the United States—of the men who in the past have upheld the honor of the flag, and of their successors, the soldiers and sailors of the present day, who…

From now on throughout your lives there can be no slackness in the performance of duty on your part.

They did justice, and we will do justice.

We may be sure that the honor of the Republic is safe in their hands.

The Republic has put up its flag in those islands, and the flag will stay there.

Officers and men alike must realize that in battle the only shots that count are the shots that hit.

May we prove ourselves true to them, not merely by paying homage to their memory, but by so shaping the policy of this great Republic as to make it evident that we are not unworthy of our sires.

Righteousness finds weakness but a poor yoke-fellow.

It is hereby ordered that the north-west quarter of the north-west quarter and lot 4 of section 32, township one south, range 18 west, San Bernardino base and meridian, California, be and they are hereby reserved for light-house purposes…

It is hereby ordered that the building known as the 'Residence' and the tract of land...be and they are hereby reserved and set apart for the Customs Service.

As a mark of respect to the memory of J. Sterling Morton, formerly Secretary of Agriculture, the President directs that the National flag be displayed at half-mast upon the White House and other federal buildings in the city of Washington…

The only first-rate work is the work done by the man who does it for the sake of doing it well.

Not one in a hundred of us is fit to be in the highest sense a productive scholar, but all of us are entirely fit to do decent service if we care to take the pains.

The man who counts is the man who is decent and who makes himself felt as a force for decency, for cleanliness, for civic righteousness.