Teddy Roosevelt: “I cannot sufficiently thank you for the way you have greeted me today.”

One of the chief principles for which I have stood, and for which I now stand, and which I have always endeavored and always shall endeavor to reduce to action, is the genuine rule of the people.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood.

I deeply appreciate your letter, and I realize to the full the heavy responsibility it puts upon me.

Character must show itself in the man's performance both of the duty he owes himself and of the duty he owes the State.