"I do hope that it will be your object to preserve them as nature made them and left them, for the future."
"I do not know of anything that bids better for our material well-being than the tree culture;"
"I believe in you, my countrymen; I believe in our people, and therefore I believe that they will dare to be great."
"Cut down one of these giants and you cannot fill its place."
"I want to thank you very much for your courtesy in receiving me."
"I think I was a pretty good American when I came here, but I feel that I am a better American now."
"Greatness only comes because the task to be done is great."
"It is the first time I ever was in your great and beautiful State; and but a few hours ago I saw for the first time the greatest of all the oceans."
"When I come here to California I am not in the West, I am west of the West."
"New methods must be devised for meeting the various problems that come up."
"I wish you, the Forest Rangers, and also all the others, to protect the game and wild creatures."
"I am glad to see what has been done by your beet culture, fruit culture of every kind, irrigation, and tilling of the soil."
"I am not surprised at it, because the last two days in California have taught me not to be surprised at anything."
"The poorest life that any one can live from the standpoint of pleasure is the life that has nothing but pleasure as its end and aim."
"I believe in you with all my heart and soul, and I believe that your future will be even greater than your past."
"Our aim must be by laws promotive of irrigation, by laws securing the wise use in perpetuity of the forests, by laws shaped in every way to promote the permanent interests of the country."
"The qualities needed to solve aright the problems of today are the same qualities that were needed by the men who in 1861 found themselves confronted with the question of whether or not this country s..."
"The business man or politician who does not tell the truth cheats; and for the cheat we should have no use in any walk of life."
