Teddy Roosevelt: “But while fully admitting this, it remains true that most important of all is the education of the common school.”

I stand for the square deal.

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 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.

I care for the great deeds of the past chiefly as spurs to drive us onward in the present.