Teddy Roosevelt: “If you had not had patriotism, devotion to the country and to the flag, you could have done nothing.”

France is one of these nations. For her to sink would be a loss to all the world.

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

I absolutely agree with you that this matter is not one to be decided with any reference to the personal preferences or interests of any man, but purely from the standpoint of the interests of the people as a whole.

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…