Teddy Roosevelt: “One piece of first-rate work is worth a thousand pieces of second-rate…”

On the recordApril 18, 1902

One piece of first-rate work is worth a thousand pieces of second-rate work.

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Republican · New York

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Remarks at the Banquet at Sherry's in Honor of Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University in New York...

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Teddy Roosevelt: “One piece of first-rate work is worth a thousand pieces of second-rate work.”