Political Quotes

On the recordAugust 27, 1902
To you alone it was given to face with victorious valor the one crisis in which not merely the nation's welfare but the nation's life was at stake.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at The Weirs, New Hampshire

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