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If they should be needed, we want the very best, and we want the best men behind them.

He must stand up manfully for his own rights; he must respect the rights of others; he must obey the law, and he must try to live up to those rules of righteousness which are above and behind all laws.

Self-government is not an easy thing, either for the nation or for the individual; and it works really well only when you have a high type of average citizenship.

In the last analysis the factor most influential in determining any man's success must ever be the sum of that man's own qualities, of his knowledge, foresight, thrift, and courage.

I propose a toast to which there will be no answer, and to which I ask you to drink in silence standing.

It is my most earnest hope and prayer, in the interest of not only these two great powers, but of all mankind, that a just and lasting peace may be speedily concluded between them.

Warning is expressly given to all persons not to make settlement upon the lands reserved by this Proclamation.

Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by said act of Congress, and for the purpose of modifying the provision of said proclamation above quoted, do hereby…

I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section 2380 and 2381 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, do hereby declare and make known that said lands are hereby reserved as…

It is hereby ordered that all that portion of the public domain in the Territory of New Mexico... be, and the same is hereby, set apart as a reservation for the use and occupation of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico belonging to the Pueblo…

In view of her unfortunate circumstances and previous efficient service attested by the Public Printer, the Commission recommended to the President a special order waiving the rule requiring reinstatement within one year, which was…

The reservation hereby established shall be known as the Garden City Forest Reserve.

The Secretary of the Interior will cause this action to be noted on the records of the General Land Office.

The reservation hereby established shall be known as the Short Pine Forest Reserve.

The recommendations made within by the Acting Secretary of War are approved.

The recommendations made within by the Acting Secretary of War are approved.

The Secretary of the Interior will cause this action to be noted on the records of the General Land Office.

This reservation shall be known hereafter as the Gila Forest Reserve.