Political Quotes

On the recordAugust 27, 1902
If any man tells you that he can advance a specific by which all the evils of the body politic will be made to disappear, distrust him, for if he is honest he knows not what he says.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks at the State Fair Grounds in Concord, New Hampshire

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Feb 23, 1912

One of the chief principles for which I have stood, and for which I now stand, and which I have always endeavored and always shall endeavor to reduce to action, is the genuine rule of the people.

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