Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

All I had to do was to be able to show them that any measure was for the country's good and I knew they would stand for it.

Remarks at a Luncheon in New Orleans, Louisiana

10/25/1905

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It is always pleasant to point to an example which we can follow rather than avoid.

I do not care how beautiful a theory is, if it won't fit in with the facts it is of no good.

Government by the majority in Congress had practically come to a stop when Mr. Reed became Speaker.

The good work of building up the navy must go on without ceasing.