Address at Mechanics' Pavilion in San Francisco
05/12/1903
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I need not tell you that what really counts in any State is the character of the men and women who make up that State.
Successful self-government, of course, must be based upon the average quality of the citizenship.
It was from Caddo that very many members of my own old regiment came, and you can hardly imagine what a pleasure it is to me to be here to-d...
If you are half as glad to have me as I am to be here we will call it square.