The valor shown alike by the men of the North and the men of the South as they battled for the right as God gave them to see the right, is now part of what we, all of us, keep with pride.

Government supervision is needed quite as much in the interest of the big shipper and of the railroad man who want to do right as in the interest of the small shipper and the consumer.

The man who fails to be honest and brave both in his political franchise and in his private business contributes to political and social anarchy.

We respect the son of a worthy father if he feels that the fact that his father did well makes it incumbent upon him to strive to do better.

I am glad to say that going through your State the children seem to be all right in quality and quantity, and I congratulate you on them.

Experience has shown that the present laws are defective and need amendment.

The man who would teach either wage worker or capitalist that the other is his foe is a bad citizen and a faithless American.

Our main object should be to strive to keep the reign of justice alive in this country.

Self-government is not an easy thing.

When I say a square deal I mean a square deal; exactly as much a square deal for the rich man as for the poor man; but no more.

More than this no man is entitled to, and less than this no man shall have.

We are no longer New Yorkers or New Englanders, Pennsylvanians or Virginians; we are Americans

We have duties to perform both abroad and at home, and we can not shirk either set of duties and fully retain our self-respect.

When I am through my present trip I will have been in and spoken in every State in the Union during my term as President.

It is idle to try to prevent such combinations. Our efforts should be to see that they work for the good and not for the harm of the body politic.

Next only to a man's having worn the blue comes the fact of the man's having worn the gray to entitle him to honor in my sight.

The wounds left by the great Civil War have long healed, but its memories remain.

The proud self-sacrifice, the resolute and daring courage, the high and steadfast devotion to the right as each man saw it, whether Northerner or Southerner, these qualities render all Americans forever the debtors of those who in the dark…

Only a heroic people could have battled successfully against the conditions with which the people of the South found themselves face to face at the end of the Civil War.

The republic cannot succeed if we do not take pains in educating the masters of the republic—that is, the people.

The economic and political fabric had to be readjusted in the midst of dire want, of grinding poverty.

Our aim must be to deal justice to each man; no more and no less.

The only rivalry that ever entered their heads was rivalry as to which man could show himself best entitled to the praise of having done all that in him lay for our country and our flag.

Self-government is not too easy a thing.

Our voice must be effective for peace because it is raised for righteousness first and for peace only as the handmaiden of righteousness.