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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Aug 9, 1905

If they should be needed, we want the very best, and we want the best men behind them.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Aug 9, 1905

He must stand up manfully for his own rights; he must respect the rights of others; he must obey the law, and he must try to live up to those rules of righteousness which are above and behind all laws.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Aug 9, 1905

Self-government is not an easy thing, either for the nation or for the individual; and it works really well only when you have a high type of average citizenship.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Aug 9, 1905

In the last analysis the factor most influential in determining any man's success must ever be the sum of that man's own qualities, of his knowledge, foresight, thrift, and courage.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Aug 4, 1905

I propose a toast to which there will be no answer, and to which I ask you to drink in silence standing.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Aug 4, 1905

It is my most earnest hope and prayer, in the interest of not only these two great powers, but of all mankind, that a just and lasting peace may be speedily concluded between them.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Aug 2, 1905

Warning is expressly given to all persons not to make settlement upon the lands reserved by this Proclamation.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Aug 1, 1905

Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by said act of Congress, and for the purpose of modifying the provision of said proclamation above quoted, do hereby…

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Jul 30, 1905

I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section 2380 and 2381 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, do hereby declare and make known that said lands are hereby reserved as…

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Jul 28, 1905

It is hereby ordered that all that portion of the public domain in the Territory of New Mexico... be, and the same is hereby, set apart as a reservation for the use and occupation of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico belonging to the Pueblo…

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Jul 24, 1905

In view of her unfortunate circumstances and previous efficient service attested by the Public Printer, the Commission recommended to the President a special order waiving the rule requiring reinstatement within one year, which was…

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Jul 24, 1905

The reservation hereby established shall be known as the Garden City Forest Reserve.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Jul 21, 1905

The Secretary of the Interior will cause this action to be noted on the records of the General Land Office.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Jul 20, 1905

The Secretary of the Interior will cause this action to be noted on the records of the General Land Office.

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