Teddy Roosevelt: “The ethical conception upon which I acted was that I did not intend that Uncle Sam should be held up while he was doing…”

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.

I deeply appreciate your letter, and I realize to the full the heavy responsibility it puts upon me.

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 stand for the square deal.