My admiration for Texas and Texans is no new thing.

There is no power that can be given to the representatives of the people which it is not possible to abuse.

Remember that there is only one way in which the ordinary college graduate can benefit his alma mater.

No State can be great without paying the penalty of responsibility that comes with greatness.

I want to congratulate you upon the excellent law for the administration of the National Guard that has been passed by the Texas legislature.

Most emphatically we cannot, as good Americans, bear hostility to any rich man as such any more than to any poor man as such.

It is a great pleasure to see you.

No President of the United States, no good American, proud of his country, could enter this capitol and stand in this hall without feeling a certain thrill of pride in his citizenship, and in the history of the country's past.

If a man can not govern himself he will find a boss or some one else who can govern him; and then don't blame the boss—blame yourself for not having the self-control, the resolution, the forethought and the sense of civic duty which would…

Fundamentally, our attitude in our foreign affairs and in reference to foreign nations, must, in the long run, if we are to be successful as a people, be based upon certain common sense rules of conduct; the identical rules upon which…

My fellow-citizens, my fellow-Americans, I address you here under the shadow of your beautiful capitol of this great and wonderful State with its heroic memories of Austin, of Sam Houston, of Davy Crockett, of all the men who, in picture…

It is eminently fitting that so great a State should have so fine a capitol.

You must show that you have in you the right stuff and what your college education has done for you is not to make you feel excused from effort, but to give you the ability to use your effort to greater advantage than you could otherwise…

Train yourselves specially in some one direction to do some bit of technical work better than it can be done by any one who has not had your training.

If the average man keeps his head and his wits, and if he takes a little pains, he will not be governed that way.

That is my interpretation of the doctrine of the square deal.

I wish to thank you most heartily for what you did.

It is a good thing to have moderation in state affairs, but to make your deeds bear out absolutely your words.