Unless we could build up a great nation, and unless we possessed the power and self-restraint to frame an orderly and stable government, and to live under its laws when framed, the long years of warfare against the armies of the king were wasted and went for naught.
Roosevelt argues that the sacrifices made during the war would be meaningless without a stable government.
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I deeply appreciate your letter, and I realize to the full the heavy responsibility it puts upon me.
No man is worth his salt in public life who makes on the stump a pledge which he does not keep after election; and, if he makes such a pledge and does not keep it, hunt him out of public life.
Like all other good citizens, I accept the result with entire good humor and contentment.
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