Teddy Roosevelt: “I should think ill of any man here who did not wish to leave his…”

On the recordFebruary 13, 1905

I should think ill of any man here who did not wish to leave his children a little better and not a little worse off materially than he was.

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Republican · New York

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Remarks at the Hungarian Republican Club Dinner in New York City

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