Political Quotes

On the recordMay 21, 1903
I congratulate Washington on its agriculture, its lumber, its mines, upon all that it produces, but most of all upon its crop of children.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks in Olympia, Washington

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