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On the recordMay 12, 1903
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Address at Mechanics' Pavilion in San Francisco

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