I greet you today. I am glad to be here in your beautiful country.
More than that we need strong minds, and finally we need what counts for more than body, for more than mind—character.
I wish to say how glad I am to see you.
Down at bottom we are the same people all through.
I am glad to be welcomed by all of you, but most of all by the men of the Grand Army, and after them by my own comrades ...
Good laws can do much. Good administration of the laws can do much.
I cannot say to you how much I have looked forward to making the trip.
I have looked forward toward visiting your wonderful and beautiful State for years, and I am so glad of having the chanc...
I earnestly wish that I could have many another community learn from you how you have handled your business.
I believe in the future of this country because I believe in the men and women whom we are developing in the country.
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
I wish to congratulate the men and women of this city upon the children.
I like your stock and I am glad it is not dying out.
You seem to be all right in quality and in quantity.
I am enjoying so much coming into California.
I want to say what a pleasure it is to see you.
How could I help being fond of people with whom I have worked, with whom I marched to battle?
You know well the claim that comradeship in war makes between man and man.
