Of course, if our opponents are not sincere in their proposal to abolish the system of a protective tariff, there is no use in arguing the matter at all, save by pointing out again that if on one great issue they do not mean what they say, it is hardly safe to trust them on any other issue.
Roosevelt critiques the sincerity of political opponents regarding tariff reform, suggesting distrust if they are not genuine.
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I care for the great deeds of the past chiefly as spurs to drive us onward in the present.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles.
Like all other good citizens, I accept the result with entire good humor and contentment.
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