it is even a greater thing to be what all of us are—Americans.
Great is your State, men and women of California, and a great thing it is to be a Californian.
No worthier object can be striven after than the creation of a building such as this for the benefit of those to whom ev...
I do not ask of you, men and women here today, good citizenship as a favor to the State.
In the last analysis it is the man's own character which is and must ever be the determining factor in his success or fa...
The shots that count in battle are the shots that hit, and only those.
I have not got much to say to you, because since I have been in California I have felt a good deal more like learning th...
I am sure that the others will not mind my saying a special word of greeting to two sets of men.
No one can too strongly insist upon the elementary fact that you cannot build the superstructure of public virtue save o...
The one indispensable thing for us to keep is a high standard of character for the average American citizen.
I have enjoyed to the utmost my stay in California, my visits to its greatest cities.
Remember that after the war has begun it is too late to improvise a navy.
It is absolutely essential, if we are to have the proper standard of public life, that promise shall be square with perf...
That is the spirit of devotion to the flag and the country, and to one's fellows which the United States navy develops.
Applaud the navy and what it has done. That is first-class. But make your applause count by seeing that the good work go...
A naval war is two-thirds settled in advance, at least two-thirds, because it is mainly settled by the preparation which...
I am deeply touched by the beautiful gift you have given me.
I thank you for coming here and for giving me the privilege of joining with you today in these solemn ceremonies of comm...
