Teddy Roosevelt: “To no element do we owe more than we owe to that element represented by those whom I have the honor this day of…”

Like all other good citizens, I accept the result with entire good humor and contentment.

I have just been shot.

I am absorbed in the success of that movement.

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.