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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Dec 21, 1902

It is hereby ordered that all that portion of the White Mountain or San Carlos Indian Reservation in the Territory of Arizona lying within the following described boundaries be, and the same hereby is, restored to the public domain, to wit

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Dec 9, 1902

I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, relative to the proceedings of the International Congress for the Study of the Production and Consumption of Coffee.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Dec 1, 1902

Our aim should be not by unwise tariff changes to give foreign products the advantage over domestic products.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Dec 1, 1902

Ours is not the creed of the weakling and the coward; ours is the gospel of hope and of triumphant endeavor.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Nov 25, 1902

It is hereby ordered that the southeast quarter of section 31, township 27 north, range 10 east, Mount Diablo meridian, California, be, and the same is hereby, reserved and set apart for Indian school purposes, the same to form a part of the land of the Greenville (Cal.), Indian Industrial Training School.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Nov 21, 1902

Most certainly I do not claim all the good that has befallen us during the past six years as due solely to any human policy.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Nov 18, 1902

If any of us raise ourselves a little, then by just so much the nation, as a whole, is raised.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Nov 18, 1902

The American flag stands for orderly liberty, and it stands for it abroad as it stands for it at home.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Nov 10, 1902

Important though it is that we should have peace abroad, it is even more important that we should have peace at home.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Sep 22, 1902

We have our faces set toward the future. Our sympathy is not with men who fear for success.

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