"The one all-essential thing in America, the thing that underlies everything else, is to have the average American a good man or a good woman; and if there is any one thing that I respect more than a g..."
"Alabama has made a wonderful record."
"I believe in the future of America, because I believe that the average American man, and the average American woman, is sound at heart."
"It is not the President or the Senators or the Congressmen, or even the Governors, who make up our nation, who make the greatness of our nation."
"In the interest of humanity, of justice, and of self-protection, every white man in America, no matter where he lives, should try to help the negro to help himself."
"We cannot, any of us, afford to differ about the question of honesty in public life, decency and cleanliness in private life."
"What we need in the average man in his relation to the State is that he shall have the three qualities—courage, honesty, and common sense."
"I cannot sufficiently express my appreciation of the magnificent greeting that you have given me to-day."
"The man who is decent in his home relations, who is kind to those dependent upon him, who is a good husband, father, and son; is a good citizen."
"The last time I came through your great and beautiful State I was with my regiment on the way to the Spanish War."
"In that regiment I had more men whose fathers had worn the gray than I had whose fathers had worn the blue; but they united in the generous rivalry to know no difference and in the emulation of seeing..."
"Think how fortunate we are as a people that, whereas, most great wars leave memories of rancor and bitterness, we now have the right of Americans all over this country to claim as part of the glory of..."