Teddy Roosevelt: “I wish to congratulate the men and women of this city upon the children.”

I congratulate you thereon.

I am absorbed in the success of that movement.

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

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.