Teddy Roosevelt: “I am gravely concerned at the extremely unsatisfactory condition of the public land laws and at the prevalence of fraud…”

I congratulate you thereon.

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

Don’t you pity me. I am all right.

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.