Political Quotes

On the recordAugust 25, 1902
It is impossible to devise anyone perfect solution, and one complete solution, for all the problems of our latter-day industrial civilization.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks in Lewiston, Maine

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