Teddy Roosevelt: “Unquestionably no nation can afford to disregard proper considerations of self-interest, any more than a private…”

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

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.

I don’t know anything about who the man was who shot me to-night.