Our navy is the surest guaranty of peace and the cheapest insurance against war.
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Remarks at the Commemoration of Washington's Birthday by the University of Pennsylvania and on Receiving the Degree of...
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I absolutely agree with you that this matter is not one to be decided with any reference to the personal preferences or interests of any man, but purely from the standpoint of the interests of the people as a whole.
I wish to say that the Progressive Party is making its appeal to all our fellow citizens without any regard to their creed or to their birthplace.
I speak of the men of the past partly that they may be honored by our praise of them, but more that they may serve as examples for the future.
Character must show itself in the man's performance both of the duty he owes himself and of the duty he owes the State.





