Teddy Roosevelt: “Now I want our people to remember the two sides of the lesson taught by General Slocum’s life.”

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.

I will accept the nomination for President if it is tendered to me, and I will adhere to this decision until the convention has expressed its preference.

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

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.