My friends, it is sometimes easier to preach a doctrine under which the millennium will be promised off-hand if you have a particular kind of law, or follow a particular kind of conduct—it is easier, but it is not better.
Roosevelt critiques simplistic doctrines that promise easy solutions without practical effort.
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A broken promise is bad enough in private life. It is worse in the field of politics.
I will accept the nomination for President if it is tendered to me, and I will adhere to this decision until the convention has expressed its preference.
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.
The American people by a great plurality have conferred upon you the highest honor in their gift.
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