On the recordJanuary 21, 1909
It is one of the most fundamentally important documents ever laid before the American people.
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A broken promise is bad enough in private life. It is worse in the field of politics.
Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by an Act of Congress, approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled, 'An Act Making appropriations…
I will accept the nomination for President if it is tendered to me, and I will adhere to this decision until the convention has expressed its preference.