Theodore Roosevelt said...

The man who does nothing cuts the same sordid figure in the pages of history, whether he be cynic, or fop, or voluptuary...

A broken promise is bad enough in private life. It is worse in the field of politics.

Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by...

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