Every man that graduates here has received something, and something big, for which he has made no return, and for which he can never make any return to the men giving it.

I have always felt most strongly that it is true of the nation, as of the individual, that the greatest doer must also be a great dreamer.

I do not wish in politics two entirely separate groups, one composed of the men who mean well, and cannot do anything, and the other of the men who are thoroughly efficient, but do not mean well at all.

I want to see this nation not only strong, but just, and not only just, but strong.

Ruskin said that what counted was the work that was done not for the fees, but for the work's sake.

We must keep our minds upon the essentials and not upon the non-essentials.

All the statesman needs to do is to exercise common sense, and stick as close to the Golden Rule as his imperfect human nature will permit.

You have given to the country the kind of service no money can possibly buy.

We want to see the individual American a decent man, but nothing but a decent man.

The first duty of each one of you here is to carry your own weight to carry yourselves.

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Uncompahgre Forest Reserve.

The public lands in the State of Colorado, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation.

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Montezuma Forest Reserve.

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Cochetopah Forest Reserve.

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

The reservation hereby established shall be known as the Park Range Forest Reserve.

it appears that the public good would be promoted by further releasing and excluding certain lands from the said forest reserve, and by including therein certain additional lands which are in part covered with timber

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Wet Mountains Forest Reserve.