On July 4 we celebrate the birth of the nation; on this day, the 30th of May, we call to mind the deaths of those who di...
Peace and freedom—are there two better objects for which a soldier can fight?
Just at this moment the Army of the United States, led by men who served among you in the great war, is carrying to comp...
All cruelty is forbidden, and all harshness beyond what is called for by need.
It is a good custom for our country to have certain solemn holidays in commemoration of our greatest men and of the grea...
There were other crises in which to have gone wrong would have meant disaster; but this was the one crisis in which to h...
The warfare that has extended the boundaries of civilization at the expense of barbarism and savagery has been for centu...
We believe that we can rapidly teach the people of the Philippine Islands not only how to enjoy but how to make good use...
All honor to them; and shame, thrice shame, to us if we fail to uphold their hands!
Washington and Lincoln—the man who did most to found the Union, and the man who did most to preserve it—stand head and s...
Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested, do hereby de...
I extend to you on behalf of the people of the United States, the warmest and most cordial greeting.
We prize this fresh proof of the friendship of the French people.
I am sure that I give utterance to the sentiments of every citizen of the United States.
I am sure, my fellow citizens, that you welcome the chance which brings it about that this embassy of the French people ...
And I thank you.
We appreciate to the full all that is implied in this embassy.
I beg to express my acknowledgments to the embassy that has come here.
