I had intended to make a staid, sober, dull, business speech to you.

I am delighted to have met you.

We have in our Constitution separated the civil from the religious.

I wish you all prosperity.

I am glad to say that the result of the visit was a satisfactory settlement, equitable and just to both sides.

I became convinced that it was my highest duty to sign it.

We could not get along without corporations—they are a necessary instrument in the business of this country.

I sincerely hope that when it does come up it will pass in each State.

I am not in favor of levying an income tax such as that which was provided in the bill, in times of peace.

Now, my friends, I do not know what I am going to talk about exactly.

First, he was an honest man; second, he was a courageous man; third, he was a man of intellect; fourth, he had a genial, kindly heart; and, fifth, he had that delicious flavor of humor that made everybody love to be with him and to come…

I want to congratulate you on the fact that in the next fifty years the growth of this world's business is to be in the Pacific—and you are on the Pacific.

I like to come out here, because I believe that here I find a people that sympathize deeply with me about the Philippines.

I think it wise to apply to Congress for relief by urging the passage of an enabling act, which shall permit the Secretary of the Interior to issue bonds in the sum of $10,000,000 or more, to complete all the projects now projected.

The Executive can recommend but the legislature must enact.

It is always a great pleasure for me to attend a Young Men's Christian Association in any city.

I am the last man to pardon or mitigate wrongs against the public or against the individual.

The Young Men's Christian Association offers a lesson which can not be too deeply impressed upon the people—the lesson of tolerance.

I congratulate you sincerely on the evidence of the especial excellence of your Association here.

The Young Men's Christian Association supplies a need in every community which no church, no institution, nothing else that I know of can meet.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized persons not to appropriate, injure or destroy any feature of this National Monument, or to locate or settle upon any of the lands reserved by this proclamation.

I pointed out the difficulty that there always was in a revision of the tariff, due to the threatened disturbance of industries to be affected and the suspension of business.

I was a tariff revisionist and thought that the time had come for a readjustment of the schedules.

I think it is a wise course for laborers to unite to defend their interests.

I do not think trades-unionism was greatly aided by the attempt to drag all organized labor into politics.