"Death had to take him in his sleep, for if he was awake there'd have been a fight."
— Theodore Roosevelt

January 1, 1970

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Thomas R. Marshall, Vice-president of the U.S., upon hearing the death of Teddy Roosevelt, as quoted in F.D.R. : 1905-1928‎ (1947) by Elliott Roosevelt, p. 449