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

I earnestly wish that I could have many another community learn from you how you have handled your business.

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

Forestry, irrigation, all the efforts of the nation and the State governments, all the efforts of individuals and of local associations are to be bent to the object of building up the interests of the home-maker.

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

I have looked forward toward visiting your wonderful and beautiful State for years, and I am so glad of having the chance of being here.

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

I think our citizens are more and more realizing that they wish to perpetuate the things that are of use and also the things that are of beauty.

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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

Back of the law stands the man; just exactly as in battle it is the man behind the gun that counts most, even more than the gun.

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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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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 4, 1903

I appreciate to the full all the difficulties under which you labor, and I think that your progress has been astonishing.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· May 4, 1903

Of all the work that is done or that can be done for our country, the greatest is that of educating the body, the mind, and above all the character, giving spiritual and moral training to those who in a few years are themselves to decide…

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