"The work on the isthmus is being admirably done."
"I renew the recommendation which I made to the Congress on January 19, 1903, that, as an act of equity and comity, provision be made for reimbursement to the firm of the money expended by it in making..."
"In every instance the accusations have proved to be without foundation in any shape or form."
"We are undertaking in Panama a gigantic task--the largest piece of engineering ever done."
"The sensation-mongers...may ground their accusations on false statements."
"I repeat that the work on the isthmus has been done and is being done admirably."
"All our citizens have a right to congratulate themselves upon the high standard of efficiency and integrity which has been hitherto maintained by the representatives of the government in doing this gr..."
"They are engaged in generous rivalry with their fellow-citizens of other denominations in advancing the interests of our common country."
"I am forced to make a rule not to write letters on the occasion of any celebration."
"I make an exception in this case because the lamentable and terrible suffering to which so many of the Jewish people in other lands have been subjected."
"if any people are oppressed anywhere the wrong inevitably reacts in the end on those who oppress them."
"They have become indissolubly incorporated in the great army of American citizenship."