Teddy Roosevelt: “I want to say good-bye to all the good people of Texas.”

The American people by a great plurality have conferred upon you the highest honor in their gift.

I am absorbed in the success of that movement.

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 don’t know anything about who the man was who shot me to-night.