"We may be sure that the honor of the Republic is safe in their hands."
"Where wrong has been done by anyone the wrong-doer shall be punished; but we shall not halt in our great work because some man has happened to do wrong."
"Righteousness finds weakness but a poor yoke-fellow."
"May we prove ourselves true to them, not merely by paying homage to their memory, but by so shaping the policy of this great Republic as to make it evident that we are not unworthy of our sires."
"They did justice as strong men, not as weaklings; and we will show ourselves strong men and not weaklings."
"Officers and men alike must realize that in battle the only shots that count are the shots that hit."
"A battleship cannot be improvised."
"The Republic has put up its flag in those islands, and the flag will stay there."
"From now on throughout your lives there can be no slackness in the performance of duty on your part."
"Of course you must have the ability to stand up to the hammering; the courage, the daring, the resolution to endure."
"With righteousness must go strength to make that righteousness of avail."