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Being President Means Leaving One's Name In The History Book Of Which Few Men Are Authors. It Is My Fortune To Be Blessed With A Proud Name, One That Parents Will Employ For Generations To Instill The Values Of Honesty, Independence, And Above All, Courage In Their Sons.

The Best Results In The Operation Of A Government Wherein Every Citizen Has A Share Largely Depend Upon A Proper Limitation Of The Purely Partisan Zeal And Effort And A Correct Appreciation Of The Time When The Heat Of The Partisan Should Be Merged In The Patriotism Of The Citizen. ... At This Hour The Animosities Of Political Strife, The Bitterness Of Partisan Defeat, And The Exultation Of Partisan Triumph Should Be Supplanted By An Ungrudging Acquiescence In The Popular Will And A Sober, Conscientious Concern For The General Weal. ... Public Extravagance Begets Extravagance Among The People.

I Cannot Help But Think It Perilous To Suffer These Lands Or The Sources Of Their Irrigation To Fall Into The Hands Of Monopolies, Which By Such Means May Exercise Lordship Over The Areas Dependent On Their Treatment For Productiveness.

Officeholders Are The Agents Of The People, Not Their Masters. Not Only Is Their Time And Labor Due To The Government, But They Should Scrupulously Avoid In Their Political Action, As Well As In The Discharge Of Their Official Duty, Offending By A Display Of Obtrusive Partisanship Their Neighbors Who Have Relations With Them As Public Officials.