Nothing could have pleased me more than to have received this gift from the men of the yard, and I appreciate it.
I confess I am for the moment a little surprised at the aspect of so many of the Alaskan pioneers.
The republics of antiquity and of the middle ages all failed and almost invariably because a bitter factional war began ...
I congratulate Washington on its agriculture, its lumber, its mines, upon all that it produces, but most of all upon its...
The surest guarantee of peace is an adequate Navy.
The best possible assurance against war is an adequate navy.
The only way to do in building up the Navy is to keep on with it.
With men such as you, and with two of your citizens, the father and mother of a boy like that, of course you are expansi...
Do not threaten; do not bluster; above all, do not insult other people; but when you make up your mind that the situatio...
It is no wonder the people of Washington have shown themselves true to the practices and principles of the men who fough...
If you were not I would want to know what was the matter with you.
I ask for a navy, primarily, because it is the surest means of keeping peace; and also because if war does come, surely ...
Never draw unless you mean to shoot.
The only shots that count are the shots that hit.
I ask that we, the inheritors of the glory of the men who founded the Republic under Washington, of the men who saved it...
We can glory now in the deeds of Manilla and Santiago, because for the dozen years before our people were building up th...
Whether we wish it or not we have to be a great power; we have to play a great part.
If we do not, then our children when they look back for cause of pride in our history will have to skip our generation.
