Teddy Roosevelt: “it is even a greater thing to be what all of us are—Americans.”

I care for the great deeds of the past chiefly as spurs to drive us onward in the present.

I will accept the nomination for President if it is tendered to me, and I will adhere to this decision until the convention has expressed its preference.

I want every labor man, every labor leader, every organized union man, to take the lead in denouncing crime or violence.

France is one of these nations. For her to sink would be a loss to all the world.