Teddy Roosevelt: “The first essential is knowledge of the facts, publicity.”

The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer.

I care for the great deeds of the past chiefly as spurs to drive us onward in the present.

I absolutely agree with you that this matter is not one to be decided with any reference to the personal preferences or interests of any man, but purely from the standpoint of the interests of the people as a whole.

I speak of the men of the past partly that they may be honored by our praise of them, but more that they may serve as examples for the future.