Teddy Roosevelt: “I am happy to say that during the last year or two the National Legislature has begun to realize its responsibilities in…”

I stand for the square deal.

Our country—this great Republic—means nothing unless it means the triumph of a real democracy, the triumph of popular government, and, in the long run, of an economic system under which each man shall be guaranteed the opportunity to show…

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.

Don’t you pity me. I am all right.