"I earnestly commend this case of unexampled disaster to the generous consideration of the Congress."
"For this purpose I recommend that an appropriation of $500,000 be made, to be immediately available."
"It is hereby ordered that such employees of the Executive Departments, the Government Printing Office, and the Navy Yard and Station at Washington, D.C., as served in the Military or Navy service of t..."
"The disaster is complete; that the city of St. Pierre has ceased to exist."
"It is hereby ordered that upon Wednesday, the 21st instant, such employees of the Executive Departments, the Government Printing Office, and the Navy Yard and Station at Washington, D.C., as served in..."
"Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power vested in me by law, do hereby declare and make known that all of the lands so as aforesaid ced..."
"By the President of the United States of America, A Proclamation"
"May we prove ourselves true to them, not merely by paying homage to their memory, but by so shaping the policy of this great Republic as to make it evident that we are not unworthy of our sires."
"And in the names of the mighty men of the past I ask each man here to do his part in seeing that this nation remains true in deed as well as in word to the ideals of the past;"
"We may be sure that the honor of the Republic is safe in their hands."
"Where wrong has been done by anyone the wrong-doer shall be punished; but we shall not halt in our great work because some man has happened to do wrong."
"I am glad that we, as Americans, have cause to be proud of the army and the navy of the United States—of the men who in the past have upheld the honor of the flag, and of their successors, the soldier..."
"They did justice, and we will do justice."
"Righteousness finds weakness but a poor yoke-fellow."
"They did justice as strong men, not as weaklings; and we will show ourselves strong men and not weaklings."
"We are Americans, and that means that we treat Americanism primarily as a matter of spirit and purpose."
"With righteousness must go strength to make that righteousness of avail."
"A battleship cannot be improvised."
