I wish to say that I am stirred most deeply by this magnificent reception from what Mr. Rhodes has so well called the Magic City of the South.
I believe in it with all my heart.
We must remember that we leave this country in the hands of the children of today.
Poor, indeed, would be the soul of the man who did not leave Montgomery a better American than when he came into it.
Now, think what it means to have the President of the United States greeted as he has been today.
No American worthy of the name would fail to be stirred with patriotism as he comes into your magnificent State, into this magnificent city.
There is no other people of which history tells which, having passed through such a war as we have passed through, now, after forty years, f...
You can't be as much inspired by anything I may say, as I have been inspired by what I have seen here.
As I said once before today, I like your stock and am glad it is not dying out.
Alabama has made a wonderful record.
Viewed from any angle, ignorance is the costliest crop that can be raised in any part of this Union.