Teddy Roosevelt: “But in addition we need to remember that a peculiar responsibility rests upon the man in public life.”

Don’t you pity me. I am all right.

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

I am not sick at all. 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.