Teddy Roosevelt: “The true questions to be asked are: Has any given individual been injured by the acquisition of wealth by any man?”

No man is worth his salt in public life who makes on the stump a pledge which he does not keep after election; and, if he makes such a pledge and does not keep it, hunt him out of public life.

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

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.

One of the chief principles for which I have stood, and for which I now stand, and which I have always endeavored and always shall endeavor to reduce to action, is the genuine rule of the people.