Theodore Roosevelt said...

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 h...

Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by...

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

Therefore I hope that so far as possible the people may be given the chance, through direct primaries, to express their ...