Teddy Roosevelt: “There can be no greater privilege than to meet a missionary who has done good work.”

I congratulate you thereon.

I am all right and you cannot escape listening to the speech either.

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

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.