That is how the victory comes.

Our honor at home, our honor in domestic and internal affairs, is at all times in our own keeping, and depends simply upon the possession of an awakened public conscience.

We have many external problems to solve, but our internal problems are, of course, more serious.

The Monroe Doctrine is simply a statement of our very firm belief that on this continent the nations now existing here must be left to work out their own destinies among themselves and that the continent is not longer to be regarded as…

We need good laws, good constitutions, and upright and honest administration of the laws.

If we have not got in us the lift toward righteousness, the lift toward something better than material needs, prosperity will be a curse instead of a blessing.

It is impossible to devise anyone perfect solution, and one complete solution, for all the problems of our latter-day industrial civilization.

The Government, national and state, can mighty easily spoil chances for all of us.

Each Filipino now has a better chance for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness than he ever dreamed of having before—than he could have ever dreamed of acquiring under the rule of any little native oligarchy.

We need the will to practice them.

You need those qualities in private life and you need them in public life.

The good work of building up the navy must go on without ceasing.

We stand firmly on the Monroe Doctrine.

It is always pleasant to point to an example which we can follow rather than avoid.

An efficient navy of adequate size is not only the best guarantee of peace, but is also the surest means for seeing that if war does come the result shall be honorable to our good name and favorable to our national interests.

I thank you for listening.

If government cannot go on it is not government.

I do not care how beautiful a theory is, if it won't fit in with the facts it is of no good.