"The point to be especially emphasized is that prompt action must be taken, if any; otherwise the conditions may become so extreme as to be impracticable of remedy."
"Nature has through many centuries protected this great depression from overflow, but the restless river, constantly shifting, has annually threatened to break through the banks."
"The making of this cut in a bank composed of light alluvial soil above a depression such as this without controlling devices was criminal negligence."
"The work of the Reclamation Service in developing the larger opportunities of the western half of our country for irrigation is more important than almost any other movement."
"Under no circumstances will I consent to keep in the service bodies of men whom the circumstances show to be a menace to the country."
"I have condemned in unstinted terms the crime of lynching perpetrated by white men, and I should take instant advantage of any opportunity whereby I could bring to justice a mob of lynchers."
"I challenge as a right, the support of every citizen of this country, whatever his color, provided only he has in him the spirit of genuine and farsighted patriotism."
"In precisely the same spirit I have now acted with reference to these colored men who have been guilty of a black and dastardly crime."
"Every farsighted friend of the colored race in its efforts to strive onward and upward, should teach first, as the most important lesson, alike to the white man and the black, the duty of treating the..."
"I ordered the discharge of nearly all the members of Companies B, C, and D of the Twenty-fifth Infantry by name, in the exercise of my constitutional power and in pursuance of what, after full conside..."
"It is hereby ordered that the following-described lands in New Mexico, namely: T. 16 N., R. 1 E., Jemez meridian, excepting any tract or tracts the title to which has passed out of the United States G..."
"If the colored men elect to stand by criminals of their own race because they are of their own race, they assuredly lay up for themselves the most dreadful day of reckoning."