"All cruelty is forbidden, and all harshness beyond what is called for by need."
"Peace and freedom—are there two better objects for which a soldier can fight?"
"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 died that the nation might live."
"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 shoulders above all our other public men, and have by common consent won the righ..."
"Upon your success depended all the future of the people on this continent, and much of the future of mankind as a whole."
"Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested, do hereby declare and make known that the Executive Orders dated December 57, 1875, and Dece..."
"I am sure, my fellow citizens, that you welcome the chance which brings it about that this embassy of the French people should come to our shores."
"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."
"We appreciate to the full all that is implied in this embassy."
"The American people, through me, extend their thanks to you."