The Washington times., 1916-01-28
Striking Points in the
Presidents Speeches
NO nMovIEn MEN.

I found out what was going on in
Mexico in a very singular way-by
hearing a sufficiently large number
Of liars talk about Il.
Referring 10 Lincoln's expression
about fooling the people. the Presl-
dent added:
And yet there are some humbugs
that have been at large a long time.
The best way to silence any friend Of
yours whom you know to be a fool
Is to induce him to hire hall Moth
ing chills pretense like exposure;
nothing will bear the tests Of exam
tnation for a shorter length Of time
than pretense.
can point out to you a few men:
Of course / am not going to name
them now. whom every man ought 10
afraid OF because nothing but the
truth resides In them. Men, I have
one particular man in mtAd, whom |
have never caught thinking nbout
himself. / would not dare make .
man even il / wanted to. His eyes
contain the penetrating light of
truth before which all disguises fall
away.
suppose there Is always a rising
generation whom they can fool. but
the older heads ought not to permit
themselves to be fooled: and should
think that In a year like the year
1916. when there is to be a common
reckoning for everybody, men would
hurry up. and begin to tell the truth.
They are not hurrying about IT, they
are taking their time. But the Amer
lean people are going to insist upon
1t before the year Is over-that
eVnFVhOnV In
in the great questions of the day.
They are not going to take any
excuses: they are not going to take
any pretenses; they are going to
insist upon the goods being delivered
on the spot. And anybody that de
clines to deliver them is going to go
bankrupt, and ought to 60 bank
rupt.
/ have sometimes been very much
chagrined in seeing myself in the
motion pictures. have often won
dered II l really was that kind of a
guy" / came here to say hoped
you would not believe that 1 am
what / appear to be in the pictures
you make OF me. l really am a.
pretty decent fellow.
Some of my opinions about some
men are extremely picturesque; and
IL you could only take a motion
picture of them you would think
1t was Vesuvius in eruption. And
yet. all these volcanic forces, all
these things that are going on in
side OF me, have to be concealed
under a most grave and reverent
exterior and have to make believe
that l have nothing but solemn
thoughts all the time, where there
is lot going on inside of me that
would be entertaining to any audi
ence anywhere.
l wish there were less talking to
do. My object in life is not talk
ing. ! wish that everybody did not
have to be persuaded TO do the
right thing. ! wish that the things
that are obvious did not have to he
explained; I wish that principles
did not have to be re-eXpounded.
We all, in our hearts. agree on the
fundamental principles OF our
lives, or our life as a nation. Now
we ought to tax ourselves with the
duty OF seeing that those princi-
pies are realized in action.
The only difficult things in life
are the application of the princi-
pies or right AMI wrong. 7 can set
forth the abstract principles, and
so can you, but when II comes
down to an individual item of con-
duct, whether in public affairs or
private, there comes the pinch. II
we could only agree that in all
matters OF public concern we would
each other frankly in the face. and
say. I'VE are All ready at whatever
sacrifice to our own interests to do
In common the thing that the COM
mon veal jemands"-what an fire.
sistible force America would be!
I am always ready for e fight IL
II is a proper fight. would fight
to persuade the other fellow to
Righteousness.
Peace has for its foundation
justice without aggression.
1t is not n case of knock down
and drag out. IT Is case of put-
ting up the best reason why yuur
own side should survive.
believe in peace. justice and
righteOusness-and peace cannot
exist without these last two.
The American people are ready to
fight any time for the vluIication OF
their character or their honor.
We will at no time FeCk a con-
test, but we will not cravenly avoid
It.
The one thing that America re-
sents is anything that interferes
with its life or freedom.