Our difficulties were partly inherited from these, our predecessors, were partly caused by our own misdeeds, but were mainly the inevitable result of the conditions under which the problem had to be solved; no human wisdom or virtue could have worked out a peaceable solution.
Roosevelt acknowledges the complexities and challenges faced in resolving Native American issues.
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The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood.
Like all other good citizens, I accept the result with entire good humor and contentment.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles.
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