Never in their history has each man had, as he has now, such a good chance for life, liberty and the pursuit of happines...
We are all of us apt to get to talking and thinking of the nation and the state as abstractions.
Every one of you who has seen or studied about a modern warship knows that it is a singularly delicate and complicated a...
We stand firmly on the Monroe Doctrine.
The good work of building up the navy must go on without ceasing.
An efficient navy of adequate size is not only the best guarantee of peace, but is also the surest means for seeing that...
Our salvation now, as in the old days, lies in the practical applying of principles that, in theory, we admit to be the ...
You have got to have the men behind the guns— the men in the engine room.
No laws, however good, can supply the lack of those qualities in any man.
You must have it in peace; you must have it in war.
The government cannot do everything.
The army is a poor place for a man of hysterical temperament.
You can do a good deal through the town, but you can do more for the town than it can do for you.
I have come here less to teach than to learn
But education is not enough.
In this country we have got to have decent and intelligent government, not as a substitute for individual initiative but...
You have got to have a superstructure, too.
The government is a poor place for a man of hysterical temperament.
