Teddy Roosevelt: “It is a matter of real regret to me that I can not attend formally your celebration.”

I congratulate you thereon.

I am all right and you cannot escape listening to the speech either.

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 am not sick at all. I am all right.