Teddy Roosevelt: “Be ye therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves.”

On the recordOctober 24, 1903

Be ye therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

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Republican · New York

Source

Remarks at the Pan-American Missionary Service at the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul at Mount St. Alban

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