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I therefore request and direct that a proceeding in equity be filed, seeking the dissolution of unlawful monopolization of transportation in New England territory now sought to be maintained by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad…
He must make himself feel that he is a part of the people of the United States, that he is trying to think not only for them, but with them.
My dream is that as the years go on and the world knows more and more of America it will also drink at these fountains of youth and renewal.
I am sometimes very much interested when I see gentlemen supposing that popularity is the way to success in America.
It is unlawful for any person to hunt, trap, capture, wilfully disturb or kill any bird of any kind whatever, or take the eggs of any such bird within the limits of this reserve.
America will not bring glory to herself, but disgrace, by following the beaten paths of history.
We will not have masters; we will be a people, and we will seek our own liberty.
Do not get the professional point of view.
The idea of America is to serve humanity.
I want you to take these great engines of force out onto the seas like adventurers enlisted for the elevation of the spirit of the human race.
Be ready and fit for anything that you have to do. And keep ready and fit.
You are not serving a government, gentlemen; you are serving a people.
Am I mistaken, ladies and gentlemen, in supposing that nothing of this sort could have occurred in anything but a democracy?
I am not so much happy as proud to participate in this capacity on such an occasion: proud that I should represent such a people.
Our solemn duty is to see that each one of us is in his own consciousness and in his own conduct a replica of this great reunited people.
To declare this chapter in the history of the United States closed and ended, and I bid you turn with me with your faces to the future, quickened by the memories of the past, but with nothing to do with the contests of the past.