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France deserves the precedence not only because we are meeting in her capital and because she has undergone some of the most tragical sufferings of the war.

I would do it as a tribute to the French Republic.

More nations are represented here than were ever represented in such a conference before.

We are trusted to do a great thing, to do it in the highest spirit of friendship and accommodation.

It is hereby ordered, under authority found in the act of June twenty-first, nineteen hundred and six, that the trust or other period of restriction against alienation contained in any patent issued to any Indian for any lands on the…

In his death the United States has lost one of its most distinguished and patriotic citizens, who had endeared himself to the people by his strenuous devotion to their interests and to the public interests of his country.

His private life was characterized by a simplicity, a virtue and an affection worthy of all admiration and emulation by the people of America.

I do hereby direct that the flags of the White House and the several Departmental Buildings be displayed at half staff for a period of thirty days, and that suitable military and naval honors under orders of the Secretaries of War and of…

It becomes my sad duty to announce officially the death of Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States from September 14, 1901 to March 4, 1909, which occurred at his home at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, New York, at 4:15 o'clock in…

As President he awoke the Nation to the dangers of private control which lurked in our financial and industrial systems.

It is with a feeling of being in very familiar scenes that I come here to-day.

I am sure that I am only speaking the sentiments that come from the heart of the American people when I say, Viva l'Italia.

You can not trade with a man who does not trust you, and you will not trade with a man whom you do not trust.

I could have believed myself in an American city.

It is impossible at this distance that my voice should reach all of you, but I want you to know that I bring the greetings, and affectionate greetings, of the people of the United States to the people of Italy and the people of the great…

We think the same thoughts. We entertain the same purposes. We have the same ideals; and this war has done this inestimable service: It has brought nations into close vital contact.

I am very much honored that this great city, playing so important a role in the life and in the industrial endeavor of Italy, should have conferred this high distinction upon me.