I do not believe in government ownership of anything which can with propriety be left in private hands.

When I say a square deal I mean a square deal; exactly as much a square deal for the rich man as for the poor man; but no more.

We respect the son of a worthy father if he feels that the fact that his father did well makes it incumbent upon him to strive to do better.

The preservation of the forests is vital to the welfare of every country.

The thing to do is to find out what is worth doing, and do it.

A man would indeed be but a poor American who could without a thrill witness the way in which, in city after city in the North as in the South, on every public occasion, the men who wore the blue and the men who wore the gray now march and…

The only rivalry that ever entered their heads was rivalry as to which man could show himself best entitled to the praise of having done all that in him lay for our country and our flag.

Our voice must be effective for peace because it is raised for righteousness first and for peace only as the handmaiden of righteousness.

Only a heroic people could have battled successfully against the conditions with which the people of the South found themselves face to face at the end of the Civil War.

This Government was formed with as its basic idea the principle of treating each man on his worth as a man.

When I am through my present trip I will have been in and spoken in every State in the Union during my term as President.

I felt what a privilege it is that I, as an American, have in claiming that you yourselves have no more right of kinship in Lee and Jackson than I have.

Our aim must be to deal justice to each man; no more and no less.

We are no longer New Yorkers or New Englanders, Pennsylvanians or Virginians; we are Americans

More than this no man is entitled to, and less than this no man shall have.

Self-government is not too easy a thing.

We have duties to perform both abroad and at home, and we can not shirk either set of duties and fully retain our self-respect.

Think of it, oh, my countrymen, think of the good fortune that is ours!