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Teddy Roosevelt: “It is a matter of humiliation to the Nation that there should not be on our statute books provision to meet and…”

On the recordJanuary 30, 1908
It is a matter of humiliation to the Nation that there should not be on our statute books provision to meet and partially to atone for cruel misfortune when it comes upon a man through no fault of his own while faithfully serving the public.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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