A glorious memory is the best of all things for a nation, if the purpose of that nation is to try to rise level with tha...
We are proud now of what our fathers did in the days that tried men's souls.
I believe you are getting that type.
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 s...
All day long I have been traveling through your beautiful Territory, a Territory that very soon, I not only hope but ear...
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 i...
We have a right to say that this is a pretty big country, because it is.
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.
You have got to work, and work hard.
You cannot afford to let any man represent you in public life if he is crooked.
I do not want to preach, but I do want to say just a word or two to make you understand the responsibility that rests up...
You will soon be part of one of the great States of the Union (for surely we will see Oklahoma and the Indian Territory ...
The thing to do is each day to do that day's work.
All that he can promise is that so far as in him lies he will do his part toward making them right.
I shall go away a stronger and a better American for having been in this mighty Commonwealth of Texas.
Let us so live that these children when they grow up shall feel equally proud of the country we leave to them.
You can have no idea what a pleasure it is to me to be here again.
If he will do something that is not exactly straight for your advantage, he will do it quicker for his own advantage.
