"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 under its influence."
"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 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..."
"The Executive can recommend but the legislature must enact."
"I thank you!"
"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."
"The Young Men's Christian Association offers a lesson which can not be too deeply impressed upon the people—the lesson of tolerance."
"I am the last man to pardon or mitigate wrongs against the public or against the individual."
"I congratulate you sincerely on the evidence of the especial excellence of your Association here."
"It is always a great pleasure for me to attend a Young Men's Christian Association in any city."
"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..."