Teddy Roosevelt: “The first duty of each one of you here is to carry your own weight to carry yourselves.”

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.

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

I have just been shot.

The American people by a great plurality have conferred upon you the highest honor in their gift.