Adlai Stevenson: “My only ambition was to acquit myself properly, and to advance the best interests of the country.”

The great navigator in his lonely search for a new pathway to the Indies was buoyed by a courage, a yearning for discovery, scarce greater than that which in the heart of the new continent sustained the later voyagers and discoverers…

The value of the great Ordinance to millions who have since found homes within the limits of the vast area embraced within its provision cannot be overstated.

Never forget that citizenship in such a government carries with it tremendous responsibility, a responsibility that we cannot evade.

It is high privilege and high honor to be a citizen of this grand republic.