Teddy Roosevelt: “North and South alike it has been my sedulous endeavor to appoint only men of high character and good capacity, whether…”

I am not sick at all. I am all right.

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

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.