If a man is to be an advantage to the community in which he lives he must be a decent, square dealing man, who does fairly by his neighbor and takes care of his family.

I am especially glad to greet the children.

My regiment was raised under the walls of that historic building of which it was said that Thermopylæ had its messenger of death, but the Alamo had none.

I want to congratulate you upon the type of men you have got, and upon the quantity and quality of your children.

We have a right to say that this is a pretty big country, because it is.

You have a wonderful climate.

I can, in a sense, claim to be, by blood, at least, a typical President, for I am half Southerner, half Northerner.

It is a poor thing for a nation if it uses the memory of the past to excuse it for inaction or failure in the present.

I cannot say what pleasure it is to me to be today in the Indian Territory, which I earnestly hope will soon be a part of a great State of our Union.

I believe you are paying heed to the education of the young people, of these girls and boys that I see before me, who in ten or fifteen years will be running things.

I believe you are getting that type.

I want you to remember now that you are on the verge of Statehood, that whether you can feel proud or not of your State in the future is going to depend upon the citizenship of the average man and average woman.

But all of that will not avail if you don't have the right type of men and women in the State.

It was the greatest war of the century, and it left behind the most perfect peace of the century.

All day long I have been traveling through your beautiful Territory, a Territory that very soon, I not only hope but earnestly believe, will be a part of a great State in the Union.

I am particularly glad to greet everywhere I have been today so many school children.

You cannot afford to let any man represent you in public life if he is crooked.

I earnestly hope that as you enter Statehood you will realize the immense responsibility that rests upon you.