Teddy Roosevelt: “An extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene at the Capitol in the city of Washington…”

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

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 am absorbed in the success of that movement.

I congratulate you thereon.