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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· May 7, 1903

I cannot say how I have appreciated being here in your beautiful State and your beautiful city.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· May 7, 1903

It is, of course, the merest truism to say that important though it is to develop factories, railroads, farms, commerce, the thing that counts is the development of citizenship.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· May 7, 1903

We are living right in the middle of them now, only we are living under pleasanter auspices.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· May 7, 1903

The thing that has impressed me most is that I am speaking to Americans just as I speak in any other section of the country!

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· May 7, 1903

The first thing that the individual man has to do is to pull his own weight, to earn his own way, not to be a drag on the community.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· May 7, 1903

Any man who claims that there can be liberty in spite of and against the law is claiming that anarchy is liberty.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· May 6, 1903

It is a good thing to grow citrus fruits, but it is even a better thing to have the right kind of citizenship.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· May 6, 1903

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· May 6, 1903

I believe in the future of this country because I believe in the men and women whom we are developing in the country.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· May 6, 1903

I wish you well at all times and in every way, and I bid you good luck and good night.

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