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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Sep 14, 1903

It is hereby ordered that so much of the land of the Camp McDowell abandoned military reservation as may not have been legally settled upon nor have valid claims attaching thereto under the provisions of the act of Congress approved August…

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

We can keep our government on a sane and healthy basis, we can make and keep our social system what it should be, only on condition of judging each man, not as a member of a class, but on his worth as a man.

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

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

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

No one seems to arrive at any goal really worth reaching in this world who does not come to it heavy laden.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Aug 16, 1903

I expect every one to show a perfect willingness to die rather than to see the slightest stain put upon the American flag.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Aug 15, 1903

I do not expect perfection, but I do expect genuine and sincere effort toward being decent and cleanly in thought, in word, and in deed.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Aug 15, 1903

Just this morning when attending service on the great battleship Kearsarge I listened to a sermon addressed to the officers and enlisted men of the navy.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Aug 15, 1903

There is always a tendency among very young men and among boys who are not quite young men as yet to think that to be wicked is rather smart; to think it shows that they are men.

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Aug 11, 1903

Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section sixteen of said act of Congress of March 3, 1891, do hereby declare and make known that said land is hereby opened to…

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Teddy Roosevelt
@teddyroosevelt· Republican · NY· Aug 8, 1903

Mrs. Julia W. Wellborn may be permanently appointed Clerk in the Geological Survey without examination under the civil service rules.

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