Remarks in Logansport, Indiana
09/22/1902
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It is hereby ordered that two small islands of the Pribilof group, located approximately in latitude fifty-seven degrees...
It deserves, and should have, the widest possible distribution among the people.
Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by...
This of course meant the destruction of economy and efficiency for purely political considerations.