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On the recordJanuary 29, 1905
On the one hand we have the right to expect a peculiar measure of self-sacrificing service from you.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Commencement Address at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland

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Feb 16, 1909

I am happy to report to you that the accompanying document shows in clearest fashion that the Congress was wise in the position it took, and that it would be an inexcusable folly to change from the proposed lock canal to a sea-level canal.

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Apr 22, 1910

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood.

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