The man who lives simply, and justly, and honor ably, whether rich or poor, is a good citizen.

You men who fought in that war did the greatest deed which men have ever done.

The worth of a civilization is the worth of the man at its centre.

You believe practically that each man must work out his fate for himself.

Self-help and individual initiative remain to a peculiar degree typical of life in the country, life on a farm, in the lumbering camp, on a ranch.

I feel that the art of successful government in our country is the art of applying practically the every day principles of decency, morality and common sense.

The best possible safeguard for this nation is an adequate and highly efficient navy.

It is our duty to lift him up; but it is also our duty to remember that there is no earthly use in trying to carry him.

We do not need too many laws, too much legislation.

The true line of cleavage lies between good citizen and bad citizen.

We ought to say it as a reminder to us that we are not to be excused if in the future we do any less well than has been done in the past.

The only way by which, in the long run, any man can be helped is by teaching him to help himself.

The more one studies the problems of life and of civilization the more one realizes the infinitely greater importance of the man than of his physical surroundings.

No nation can face greatness without having to face trial.

While modes of fighting were different in the time of Lincoln from that of Washington, and still more different today, the spirit that wins is just the same.

Each of us, unless he is contented to be a cumberer of the earth's surface, must strive to do his life-work with his whole heart.

It is impossible to devise anyone perfect solution, and one complete solution, for all the problems of our latter-day industrial civilization.

We have got to do it somehow, and I ask that all men stand shoulder to shoulder as Americans to see that they do it well.

We stand firmly on the Monroe Doctrine.

Rifles now instead of bows then, but the man behind the rifle is more important than the rifle itself.

It is always pleasant to point to an example which we can follow rather than avoid.

One secret, perhaps I might say the chief secret, of Mr. Blaine's extraordinary hold upon the affections of his countrymen was his entirely genuine and unaffected Americanism.

No improvement in firearms, no perfection of equipment, no change in tactics will avail unless back of them all lies the spirit that sent you and your fellows from '61 to '65, again and again against the Confederate lines.

We have many external problems to solve, but our internal problems are, of course, more serious.

The Monroe Doctrine is simply a statement of our very firm belief that on this continent the nations now existing here must be left to work out their own destinies among themselves and that the continent is not longer to be regarded as…