Without competition we would be clinging to the clumsy antiquated processes of farming and manufacture and the methods of business of long ago, and the twentieth would be no further advanced than the eighteenth century.

Expositions are the timekeepers of progress.

That's all a man can hope for during his lifetime - to set an example - and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history.

Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not those of war.

The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity's sake.

Honesty, capacity, and industry are nowhere more indispensable than in public employment.

Our earnest prayer is that God will graciously vouchsafe prosperity, happiness, and peace to all our neighbors, and like blessings to all the peoples and powers of the earth