I believe not in brilliancy, not in genius, I believe in the ordinary, humdrum, work-a-day virtues that make a man a goo...
Now I feel that we did not give it half enough.
Our duty is to lead our lives in a spirit of decency, of courage and of common sense, that will make us fit to be citize...
I have enjoyed being here.
I wish to take this opportunity of thanking the men who work in the Navy Yard for the quality of the work that they do.
We have a right to expect from the college bred man, the college bred woman, a proper sense of proportion, a proper sens...
A naval war is two-thirds settled in advance, at least two-thirds, because it is mainly settled by the preparation which...
Applaud the navy and what it has done. That is first-class. But make your applause count by seeing that the good work go...
That is the spirit of devotion to the flag and the country, and to one's fellows which the United States navy develops.
It is absolutely essential, if we are to have the proper standard of public life, that promise shall be square with perf...
Remember that after the war has begun it is too late to improvise a navy.
I have enjoyed to the utmost my stay in California, my visits to its greatest cities.
The one indispensable thing for us to keep is a high standard of character for the average American citizen.
No one can too strongly insist upon the elementary fact that you cannot build the superstructure of public virtue save o...
I am sure that the others will not mind my saying a special word of greeting to two sets of men.
I have not got much to say to you, because since I have been in California I have felt a good deal more like learning th...
The shots that count in battle are the shots that hit, and only those.
In the last analysis it is the man's own character which is and must ever be the determining factor in his success or fa...
