Teddy Roosevelt: “The new American States, themselves colonies in the old Greek sense, were subject only to a government which they helped…”

Don’t you pity me. I am all right.

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

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

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.