"We may be sure that the honor of the Republic is safe in their hands."
"Where wrong has been done by anyone the wrong-doer shall be punished; but we shall not halt in our great work because some man has happened to do wrong."
"I am glad that we, as Americans, have cause to be proud of the army and the navy of the United States—of the men who in the past have upheld the honor of the flag, and of their successors, the soldier..."
"They did justice, and we will do justice."
"May we prove ourselves true to them, not merely by paying homage to their memory, but by so shaping the policy of this great Republic as to make it evident that we are not unworthy of our sires."
"And in the names of the mighty men of the past I ask each man here to do his part in seeing that this nation remains true in deed as well as in word to the ideals of the past;"
"We are Americans, and that means that we treat Americanism primarily as a matter of spirit and purpose."
"Righteousness finds weakness but a poor yoke-fellow."
"Honor to the statesmen of the past, and may the statesmen of the present strive to live up to the example they set!"
"They did justice as strong men, not as weaklings; and we will show ourselves strong men and not weaklings."
"The Republic has put up its flag in those islands, and the flag will stay there."
"With righteousness must go strength to make that righteousness of avail."