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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Sep 5, 1902

Probably never before in our history has the country been more prosperous than it is at this moment;

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Sep 5, 1902

When all things flourish it means that there is a good chance for things that we don't like to flourish also, just exactly as things that we do like.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Sep 5, 1902

We should have, under such circumstances, one sovereign to whom the big corporations should be responsible.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Sep 5, 1902

You cannot put a stop to or reverse the industrial tendencies of the age, but you can control and regulate them and see that they do no harm.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Sep 3, 1902

Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section six of said act of Congress of June 6, 1900, do hereby declare and make known that said land is hereby restored to the public domain, to be disposed of to said city for cemetery purposes under said act of Congress approved September 30, 1890.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Sep 2, 1902

It always irritates me to see any member of a National Guard armed with a black powder musket.

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

Education in the schools is one thing, but it is not a substitute for education at home.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Aug 31, 1902

If a man is not decent, is not square and honest, then the possession of ability only serves to render him more dangerous to the community; as a wild beast grows more dangerous the stronger and fiercer he is.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Aug 31, 1902

We shall make our government a success if we shall measure each man by the standard of his worth as a man.

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