You are not serving a government, gentlemen; you are serving a people.
America will not bring glory to herself, but disgrace, by following the beaten paths of history.
Be ready and fit for anything that you have to do. And keep ready and fit.
We will not have masters; we will be a people, and we will seek our own liberty.
Your education has just begun.
Do not get the professional point of view.
I am not afraid of the verdict.
I am not so much happy as proud to participate in this capacity on such an occasion: proud that I should represent such a people.
Am I mistaken, ladies and gentlemen, in supposing that nothing of this sort could have occurred in anything but a democracy?
It is our duty and our privilege to be like the country we represent and, speaking no word of malice, no word of criticism even, stand shoul...
Our solemn duty is to see that each one of us is in his own consciousness and in his own conduct a replica of this great reunited people.