Teddy Roosevelt: “If he is a straight man we should be for him, and if he is a crooked…”

On the recordOctober 20, 1905

If he is a straight man we should be for him, and if he is a crooked man we should be against him.

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Republican · New York

Source

Remarks in St. Augustine, Florida

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Teddy Roosevelt: “If he is a straight man we should be for him, and if he is a crooked man we should be against him.”