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

They will task our intelligence but they will task still more what ranks ahead of intelligence—character.

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

And the same qualities must be shown in public life if we are to make this country what we will make it—an example to all the nations of mankind.

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

Each talent--the talent for making money, the talent for showing intellect at the bar, or in any other way--if unaccompanied by character, makes the possessor a menace to the community.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Aug 19, 1902

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Alexander Archipelago Forest Reserve.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Aug 15, 1902

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Little Belt Mountains Forest Reserve.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Aug 8, 1902

It is hereby ordered that the south half of the south-east quarter and the south-west quarter of section 3, township 22 north, range 26 west, 6th principal meridian, Nebraska, be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture for purposes in connection with experimental tree planting.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Aug 7, 1902

I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, do hereby declare said agreement duly ratified and that all the provisions thereof became law according to the terms thereof upon the twenty-sixth day of July, nineteen hundred and two.

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

From and after July 1, 1902, each enlisted man that has been rated Seaman Gunner prior to April 1, 1902, or that holds certificate of graduation from the Petty Officers' Schools, Seaman Gunner Class, shall receive $2.00 per month in addition to the pay of his rating during current and subsequent enlistments.

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

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of Congress approved July 1, 1902, Mirafores Island in the Harbor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, is hereby reserved for use as a quarantine station or a site for a marine hospital or for both said purposes.

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

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Mount Graham Forest Reserve.

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

The same fee shall be collected by diplomatic and consular officers of the United States for issuing passports to residents of the Insular Possessions as is now required for issuing passports to citizens of the United States

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

Each applicant under this provision must state in addition to the information now required in the application of a citizen of the United States that he owes allegiance to the United States and that he does not acknowledge allegiance to any other government

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