Teddy Roosevelt: “The refusal to maintain such a navy would invite trouble, and if trouble came would insure disaster.”

The American people by a great plurality have conferred upon you the highest honor in their gift.

I don’t know anything about who the man was who shot me to-night.

The fate of the leader for the time being is of little consequence, but the cause itself must in the end triumph, for its triumph is essential to the well-being of the American people.

I wish to say that the Progressive Party is making its appeal to all our fellow citizens without any regard to their creed or to their birthplace.