Teddy Roosevelt: “The first thing that the individual man has to do is to pull his own…”

On the recordMay 7, 1903

The first thing that the individual man has to do is to pull his own weight, to earn his own way, not to be a drag on the community.

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Republican · New York

Source

Address at Pomona College in Claremont, California

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Teddy Roosevelt: “The first thing that the individual man has to do is to pull his own weight, to earn his own way, not to be a drag on…”