Teddy Roosevelt: “If you have to choose between being noxious and merely harmless, of…”

On the recordJune 21, 1905

If you have to choose between being noxious and merely harmless, of course, choose to be harmless.

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Republican · New York

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Remarks on Receiving the Degree of Doctor of Human Letters From Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts

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Teddy Roosevelt: “If you have to choose between being noxious and merely harmless, of course, choose to be harmless.”