I believe you are paying heed to the education of the young people, of these girls and boys that I see before me, who in...
I want to say how deeply touched I am by the reception accorded me.
I want you to remember now that you are on the verge of Statehood, that whether you can feel proud or not of your State ...
I believe you are getting that type.
We are proud now of what our fathers did in the days that tried men's souls.
I was mighty glad to do it, for I think that we Americans have learned the lesson that whatever is good for some of us i...
All that he can promise is that so far as in him lies he will do his part toward making them right.
A glorious memory is the best of all things for a nation, if the purpose of that nation is to try to rise level with tha...
It is a poor thing for a nation if it uses the memory of the past to excuse it for inaction or failure in the present.
You can have no idea what a pleasure it is to me to be here again.
If the average citizen does his duty, you will have a good State, and you will not otherwise.
But all of that will not avail if you don't have the right type of men and women in the State.
It was the greatest war of the century, and it left behind the most perfect peace of the century.
The easiest way to raise any of us is to raise all of us, and if you de press any of us, as sure as fate all of us will ...
It will be a mighty poor thing, if you don't.
If your citizens act as well in peace as those of them I knew in war, it will be a mighty good State.
I earnestly hope that as you enter Statehood you will realize the immense responsibility that rests upon you.
The Civil War has left you as a heritage of honor not merely the memory of mighty deeds done in it.
