Successful self-government, of course, must be based upon the average quality of the citizenship.
I have never had the good fortune to be in the Territory before; but I had the great good fortune to have some of your sons in my regiment; ...
I cannot sufficiently thank you for the way you have greeted me today.
I shall go away a stronger and a better American for having been in this mighty Commonwealth of Texas.
If you are half as glad to have me as I am to be here we will call it square.
I want to say how deeply touched I am by the reception accorded me.
I am especially glad to greet the children.
We have a right to say that this is a pretty big country, because it is.
Statehood is a first class thing, if you use it right.
The Civil War has left you as a heritage of honor not merely the memory of mighty deeds done in it.
I will just bid you good-morning.
My regiment was raised under the walls of that historic building of which it was said that Thermopylæ had its messenger of death, but the Al...
It is only a few weeks since that I did my part in helping in the growth here when I signed the bill under which the Trinity River will be i...
You cannot afford to let any man represent you in public life if he is crooked.
You need just the qualities in government that you need in private life.
All day long I have been traveling through your beautiful Territory, a Territory that very soon, I not only hope but earnestly believe, will...
All I need say today of them in speaking to you of the great war, is that we tried in the little war to show that we had some of the spirit ...
I was mighty glad to do it, for I think that we Americans have learned the lesson that whatever is good for some of us is good for all of us...
