"The only way to obtain good government is for each man to do his own share."
"We ought to say it as a reminder to us that we are not to be excused if in the future we do any less well than has been done in the past."
"The more one studies the problems of life and of civilization the more one realizes the infinitely greater importance of the man than of his physical surroundings."
"The best possible safeguard for this nation is an adequate and highly efficient navy."
"The only way by which, in the long run, any man can be helped is by teaching him to help himself."
"No nation can face greatness without having to face trial."
"You believe practically that each man must work out his fate for himself."
"An equal meed of praise belongs to those men who prepared in advance."
"You men who fought in that war did the greatest deed which men have ever done."
"The man who lives simply, and justly, and honor ably, whether rich or poor, is a good citizen."
"If he won't try to walk himself he is not worth carrying."
"While modes of fighting were different in the time of Lincoln from that of Washington, and still more different today, the spirit that wins is just the same."
"Never in their history has each man had, as he has now, such a good chance for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
"We won out because our fathers had iron in their blood, because they dared greatly and did greatly, because when they were convinced where their duty lay they resolutely did it, no matter what the cos..."
"We have got to do it somehow, and I ask that all men stand shoulder to shoulder as Americans to see that they do it well."
"One secret, perhaps I might say the chief secret, of Mr. Blaine's extraordinary hold upon the affections of his countrymen was his entirely genuine and unaffected Americanism."
"Rifles now instead of bows then, but the man behind the rifle is more important than the rifle itself."
"We need other things, too; we have got to have a proper ideal of our lives; each man must do his duty by his neighbor."
