"They will know that the figure of these Presidents has been placed here because by following the truth they built for eternity."
"Foreign Service officers in charge of Consulates take place and precedence immediately after Colonels in the Army or Marine Corps and Captains in the Navy."
"We have come here to dedicate a cornerstone that was laid by the hand of the Almighty."
"It will be decidedly American in conception, in its magnitude, in its meaning and altogether worthy of our Country."
"In the absence of the Foreign Service Officer in charge of a consular district, the Foreign Service Officer acting shall enjoy the precedence regularly accorded the former."
"In him was likewise embodied the spirit of expansion."
"It is but natural that such a design should begin with George Washington, for with him begins that which is truly characteristic of America."
"Money spent for such a purpose is certain of adequate returns in the nature of increased public welfare."
"By building the Panama Canal he brought into closer relationship the east and the west and realized the vision that inspired Columbus in his search for a new passage to the Orient."
"The senior Foreign Commerce Officer functioning in a consular district in which there is no diplomatic mission, shall rank with but after the senior Foreign Service Officer."
"Previous executive orders inconsistent herewith are rescinded."