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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Feb 26, 1909

public interests require that the Senate of the United States be convened at 12 o'clock on the 4th day of March next to receive such communications as may be made by the Executive

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Feb 26, 1909

an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene at the Capitol, in the city of Washington, on the 4th day of March next, at 12 o'clock noon

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Feb 26, 1909

Warning is expressly given to all persons not to commit any of the acts herein enumerated and which are prohibited by law.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Feb 19, 1909

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Feb 19, 1909

Now, Therefore, be it known that I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority conferred by the third section of said Tariff Act, do hereby suspend, during the continuance in force of the said…

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Feb 16, 1909

The American people are to be heartily congratulated on everything of importance that has been done in connection with the building of the Panama Canal.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Feb 16, 1909

The board of engineers who signed this report are of all the men in their profession, within or without the United States, the men who are on the whole best qualified to pass upon these very questions which they examined.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Feb 16, 1909

I am happy to report to you that the accompanying document shows in clearest fashion that the Congress was wise in the position it took, and that it would be an inexcusable folly to change from the proposed lock canal to a sea-level canal.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Feb 16, 1909

Every American citizen should feel not merely gratification, but a very keen sense of pride in the statement made by this distinguished body of engineers as to the way in which the work has been done, and in which it is now proceeding.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Feb 14, 1909

Each of these children represents either a potential addition to the productive capacity and the enlightened citizenship of the nation, or, if allowed to suffer from neglect, a potential addition to the destructive forces of the community.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Feb 14, 1909

There are few things more vital to the welfare of the nation than accurate and dependable knowledge of the best methods of dealing with children, especially with those who are in one way or another handicapped by misfortune.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Feb 14, 1909

The interests of the nation are involved in the welfare of this army of children no less than in our great material affairs.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Feb 10, 1909

I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, in virtue of the authority conferred upon me by the said Joint Resolution, do hereby set apart the twelfth day of February, nineteen hundred and nine, as a special legal…

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Feb 8, 1909

The farmer should realize that the person who most needs consideration on the farm is his wife.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Feb 8, 1909

I do not recommend any appropriation for their services, but only for the expenses that will be required to finish the task that they have begun.

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