Poor, indeed, would be the soul of the man who did not leave Montgomery a better American than when he came into it.
I would not call myself a good American if I did not.
The same spirit that made them valiant in battle made them, when they came home from battle, take up the strings of thei...
Now, I hold that as a matter of public policy, whatever helps a part of our country helps the whole.
I am for a canal.
What we need is not genius, not brilliancy, but the ordinary commonplace virtues that every man or woman can have, if on...
I will take advice about appointing men, but if I find them crooked I do not take any advice at all about removing them.
Uncle Sam has started to dig that canal, and it will be dug, and soon.
Think how fortunate we are as a people that, whereas, most great wars leave memories of rancor and bitterness, we now ha...
In that regiment I had more men whose fathers had worn the gray than I had whose fathers had worn the blue; but they uni...
The last time I came through your great and beautiful State I was with my regiment on the way to the Spanish War.
Children of to-day are going to decide what our country shall be in the immediate future, and accordingly as they are br...
I cannot sufficiently express my appreciation of the magnificent greeting that you have given me to-day.
The man who is decent in his home relations, who is kind to those dependent upon him, who is a good husband, father, and...
What we need in the average man in his relation to the State is that he shall have the three qualities—courage, honesty,...
We cannot, any of us, afford to differ about the question of honesty in public life, decency and cleanliness in private ...
I have a very deep appreciation of the courtesies you have shown me.
I thank the gentlemen who have spoken tonight for their kind personal allusions.
