Teddy Roosevelt: “It is vital that every man who is in politics, as a man ought to be, with a disinterested purpose to serve the public…”

I want every labor man, every labor leader, every organized union man, to take the lead in denouncing crime or violence.

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

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

I am all right and you cannot escape listening to the speech either.