Teddy Roosevelt: “I entered your borders a pretty good American, and I leave them a better American.”

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.

I speak of the men of the past partly that they may be honored by our praise of them, but more that they may serve as examples for the future.

We are bound in honor to strive to bring ever nearer the day when, as far as is humanly possible, we shall be able to realize the ideal that each man shall have an equal opportunity to show the stuff that is in him by the way in which he…

If you will steal for me you will steal from me.