We ought to say it as a reminder to us that we are not to be excused if in the future we do any less well than has been done in the past.

If he won't try to walk himself he is not worth carrying.

We do not need too many laws, too much legislation.

Almost all of our great Presidents have been brought up in the country.

The worth of a civilization is the worth of the man at its centre.

Shame upon the man who, when the opportunity to help is given, fails to stretch out the hand.

The true line of cleavage lies between good citizen and bad citizen.

Hardness of heart is a dreadful quality, but it is doubtful whether, in the long run, it works more damage than softness of head.

The more one studies the problems of life and of civilization the more one realizes the infinitely greater importance of the man than of his physical surroundings.

Self-help and individual initiative remain to a peculiar degree typical of life in the country, life on a farm, in the lumbering camp, on a ranch.

You believe practically that each man must work out his fate for himself.

Each of us, unless he is contented to be a cumberer of the earth's surface, must strive to do his life-work with his whole heart.

The only way by which, in the long run, any man can be helped is by teaching him to help himself.

The man who lives simply, and justly, and honor ably, whether rich or poor, is a good citizen.

And the best possible safeguard for this nation is an adequate and highly efficient navy.

You preserved for us a united country and showed the world that it was ever to be united.

It is our duty to lift him up; but it is also our duty to remember that there is no earthly use in trying to carry him.

You men who fought in that war did the greatest deed which men have ever done.