You need just the qualities in government that you need in private life.

If the average citizen does his duty, you will have a good State, and you will not otherwise.

You will soon be part of one of the great States of the Union (for surely we will see Oklahoma and the Indian Territory admitted to Statehood), and when that takes place you will be at the outset a great State.

A glorious memory is the best of all things for a nation, if the purpose of that nation is to try to rise level with that memory.

We are proud now of what our fathers did in the days that tried men's souls.

I admire the men and women of Texas, and I am glad to see the children of the right quantity and quality.

I shall go away a stronger and a better American for having been in this mighty Commonwealth of Texas.

Let us so live that these children when they grow up shall feel equally proud of the country we leave to them.

Right fully, we take the most intense pride in our country.

It is that every man, from the President right through, has got to do if our country is to be what it should be.

It is only a few weeks since that I did my part in helping in the growth here when I signed the bill under which the Trinity River will be improved.

I have never had the good fortune to be in the Territory before; but I had the great good fortune to have some of your sons in my regiment; and better and braver men never rode a horse or handled a rifle.

I need not tell you that what really counts in any State is the character of the men and women who make up that State.

All that he could do in that war was to do his part well, to do all that lay in him well.

I want to say how deeply touched I am by the reception accorded me.

It was from Caddo that very many members of my own old regiment came, and you can hardly imagine what a pleasure it is to me to be here to-day to see you.

I will just bid you good-morning.

I cannot sufficiently thank you for the way you have greeted me today.