Teddy Roosevelt: “Leadership is necessary in order that we may get really good results out of a high average of individual character.”

I wish to say that the Progressive Party is making its appeal to all our fellow citizens without any regard to their creed or to their birthplace.

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

I have just been shot.

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.