Authors:

So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.

Address at the Sorbonne, Paris, 23 Apr. 1910. Richard M. Nixon quoted this passage in his address to the nation announcing his decision to resign the presidency, 8 Aug. 1974. See Theodore Roosevelt 1; Theodore Roosevelt 2; Theodore Roosevelt 5
So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.