Political Quotes

On the recordJune 27, 1905
The chief use of the increased money value of the scholar's prize would be the index thereby afforded of the respect in which it was popularly held.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Alumni Dinner of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts

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