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Teddy Roosevelt: “There is no other body of water in the world which confers upon the commonwealth possessing it quite the natural…”

On the recordMay 22, 1903
There is no other body of water in the world which confers upon the commonwealth possessing it quite the natural advantages that Puget Sound confers upon this State; and there is no other State in the Union, and I include all of them, which has greater natural advantages and a more assured future of greatness than this State of Washington.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York
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Remarks in Seattle, Washington

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