Yet during this period we have produced, in the persons of Washington and Lincoln, two leaders who on the roll of the world’s worthies stand higher than any other two men ever produced by any other country during a similar length of time.
Roosevelt praises Washington and Lincoln as unparalleled leaders in world history.
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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.
I speak of the men of the past partly that they may be honored by our praise of them, but more that they may serve as examples for the future.
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