Again Washington said: 'Give to manhood the example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.'

As a nation we have had our full share of great men, but the two men of pre-eminent greatness who, as the centuries go on, will surely loom above all others are Washington and Lincoln.

Among Washington's maxims which he bequeathed to his country men were the two following: 'Observe good faith and justice toward all nations,' and 'To be prepared for war is the most effective means to promote peace.'

To the Senate and House of Representatives:I transmit herewith for the information of the Congress a report on the progress of the beet-sugar industry in the United States in 1904.

Your attention is respectfully invited to the accompanying letter of the Secretary of Agriculture, recommending that 10,000 copies of the report be printed for the use of the Department of Agriculture in addition to such number as may be…

The great prizes come more or less by accident.

I have come, as I said, not to make a set speech, but to thank you for your greeting and to assure you that not one meeting which I have attended since I have been President has given me greater pleasure to attend than this dinner here…

We need good laws, we need honest administration of the laws, and we cannot afford to be contented with less.

I should think ill of any man here who did not wish to leave his children a little better and not a little worse off materially than he was.

Americanism is not a matter of birthplace, of ancestry, of creed, of occupation; Americanism is a matter of the spirit that is within man's soul.

In addition to the foregoing recommendation I urge that Congress emphasize the value set by our people upon the achievements of the naval commanders in our war of independence by providing for the erection of appropriate monuments to the…

In any future great national trial, compared with the men of this, we shall have as weak and as strong, as silly and as wise, as bad and as good.

It is eminently fitting that these services should now be commemorated in suitable manner.

It is a discredit to be dishonest, just as it is a discredit to be a coward.

For my own part, I have striven and shall strive to avoid placing any obstacle in the way.

We of to-day, in dealing with all our fellow-citizens, white or colored, North or South, should strive to show just the qualities that Lincoln showed; his steadfastness in striving after the right, and his infinite patience and forbearance…

May not all having a common interest reunite in a common effort to serve our common country?

It is the mark, or it should be the mark, of a strong, self-respecting nation never wantonly to injure the feelings or to infringe upon the rights of any other people.