We are proud now of what our fathers did in the days that tried men's souls.
If the average citizen does his duty, you will have a good State, and you will not otherwise.
It is a poor thing for a nation if it uses the memory of the past to excuse it for inaction or failure in the present.
The thing to do is each day to do that day's work.
I believe you are getting that type.
I believe you are paying heed to the education of the young people, of these girls and boys that I see before me, who in ten or fifteen year...
I cannot say what pleasure it is to me to be today in the Indian Territory, which I earnestly hope will soon be a part of a great State of o...
If a man is to be an advantage to the community in which he lives he must be a decent, square dealing man, who does fairly by his neighbor a...
I can, in a sense, claim to be, by blood, at least, a typical President, for I am half Southerner, half Northerner.
You have a wonderful climate.
I want you to remember now that you are on the verge of Statehood, that whether you can feel proud or not of your State in the future is goi...
Then it will lie with you to see what kind of a State you make of it.
If he will do something that is not exactly straight for your advantage, he will do it quicker for his own advantage.
You can have no idea what a pleasure it is to me to be here again.
I am particularly glad to greet everywhere I have been today so many school children.
I admire the men and women of Texas, and I am glad to see the children of the right quantity and quality.
All that he can promise is that so far as in him lies he will do his part toward making them right.
You have got to work, and work hard.
