You have done this great work of building up a new community.

The thing that has impressed me most is that I am speaking to Americans just as I speak in any other section of the country!

It is, of course, the merest truism to say that important though it is to develop factories, railroads, farms, commerce, the thing that counts is the development of citizenship.

In saying good-by to you I want to say that it has been the greatest pleasure to see you.

I believe in the Monroe doctrine, and I believe in it not as an empty formula of words, but as something we are ready to make good by deeds.

In any regiment the man who has no loyalty to his fellows, no spirit of devotion to the flag, no desire to see the regiment stand high, to do his duty and see his fellows rise with him, that man, no matter how brave, or how able, is a…

I have looked forward toward visiting your wonderful and beautiful State for years, and I am so glad of having the chance of being here.

I wish you well at all times and in every way, and I bid you good luck and good night.

I welcome you all.

Back of the law stands the man; just exactly as in battle it is the man behind the gun that counts most, even more than the gun.

Forestry, irrigation, all the efforts of the nation and the State governments, all the efforts of individuals and of local associations are to be bent to the object of building up the interests of the home-maker.

Down at bottom we are the same people all through.

One thing that strikes me more than anything else as I go through the country.

I earnestly wish that I could have many another community learn from you how you have handled your business.

I am glad to see you, I believe in you, and I thank you.

Good laws can do much. Good administration of the laws can do much.

We need strong bodies.

I believe in the future of this country because I believe in the men and women whom we are developing in the country.