The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.

A year ago our position looked forlorn, and well nigh desperate, to all eyes but our own. Today we may say aloud before an awe-struck world, 'We are still masters of our fate. We still are captain of our souls.

No one but myself can be blamed for my fall. I have been my own greatest enemy-the cause of my own disastrous fate.

Our hour is marked, and no one can claim a moment of life beyond what fate has predestined.

There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.

Now we are the masters of our fate, that the task which has been set us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond our endurance. As long as we have faith in our cause and an unconquerable willpower, salvation will not be denied us.