Teddy Roosevelt: “I shall strive to appoint and retain men who will do exactly the same…”

On the recordMay 9, 1905

I shall strive to appoint and retain men who will do exactly the same justice to the railroad as they will exact from the railroad.

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Republican · New York

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Remarks at the Banquet of the Iroquois Club in Chicago, Illinois

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Teddy Roosevelt: “I shall strive to appoint and retain men who will do exactly the same justice to the railroad as they will exact from…”