The Art of Public Speaking That is settled. You may call it secession, or you may call it revolution; but there is a big fact standing before you, ready to oppose you−−that fact is, freemen with arms in their hands. THEODORE ROOSEVELT INAUGURAL ADDRESS (1905) MY FELLOW CITIZENS:−−No people on earth have more cause to be thankful than ours, and this is said reverently, in no spirit of boastfulness in our own strength, but with gratitude to the Giver of Good, Who has blessed us with the conditions which have enabled us to achieve so large a measure of well−being.
