We Have Come To A Point Where

Our Country ... When Right, To Be Kept Right. When Wrong, To Be Put Right.

I Have Always Been In Favor Of A Healthy Americanization, But That Does Not Mean A Complete Disavowal Of Our German Heritage. It Means That Our Character Should Take On The Best Of That Which Is American, And Combine It With The Best Of That Which Is German. By Doing This, We Can Best Serve The American People And Their Civilization.

I Will Make A Prophecy That May Now Sound Peculiar. In Fifty Years Lincoln's Name Will Be Inscribed Close To Washington's On This Republic's Roll Of Honor.

Ideals Are Like Stars; You Will Not Succeed In Touching Them With Your Hands. But Like The Seafaring Man On The Desert Of Waters, You Choose Them As Your Guides, And Following Them You Will Reach Your Destiny.

When The Life Of The Nation Was Attempted, When The Cause Of Liberty And Human Rights Called For Their Aid, They Rushed Forth To Rally Under The Banner They Loved, With Grand Singleness Of Purpose And Heroic Devotion--leaving All Behind Them, To Meet Toil And Danger, Hunger, Sickness, Wounds, And Death, For Nothing But The Sublime Satisfaction Of Doing Their Duty To Their Country And To Mankind.