Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

I do hereby invite all the nations of the earth to take part in the commemoration of an event which has had a far reaching effect upon the course of human history.

Context

Proclamation 542—Celebration of the 300th Anniversary of the Founding of Jamestown, Virginia

03/28/1905

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