Teddy Roosevelt: “Constitution, laws,—they are good things, indispensable things, to have right, but you must have the men behind them or…”

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.

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

I am absorbed in the success of that movement.

I have just been shot.