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Teddy Roosevelt: “Our entire policy in irrigation, in forestry, in handling the public lands, should be in recognition of that truth, to…”

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Our entire policy in irrigation, in forestry, in handling the public lands, should be in recognition of that truth, to favor in every way the man who wishes to take up a given area of soil and thereon to build a home in which he will rear his children as useful citizens of the State.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt advocates for policies that support individuals in establishing homes and raising families.

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