Theodore Roosevelt said...

The man who does nothing cuts the same sordid figure in the pages of history, whether he be cynic, or fop, or voluptuary...

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

Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by...

Therefore I hope that so far as possible the people may be given the chance, through direct primaries, to express their ...