Statehood is a first class thing, if you use it right.
You have got to work, and work hard.
We have a right to say that this is a pretty big country, because it is.
I earnestly hope that as you enter Statehood you will realize the immense responsibility that rests upon you.
A glorious memory is the best of all things for a nation, if the purpose of that nation is to try to rise level with that memory.
I have never had the good fortune to be in the Territory before; but I had the great good fortune to have some of your sons in my regiment; ...
I cannot say what pleasure it is to me to be today in the Indian Territory, which I earnestly hope will soon be a part of a great State of o...
I cannot sufficiently thank you for the way you have greeted me today.
I admire the men and women of Texas, and I am glad to see the children of the right quantity and quality.
My regiment was raised under the walls of that historic building of which it was said that Thermopylæ had its messenger of death, but the Al...
You can have no idea what a pleasure it is to me to be here again.