Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

Like Lincoln he sought after the noblest objects, and like Lincoln he sought after them by thoroughly practical methods.

Remarks at the Commemoration of Washington's Birthday by the University of Pennsylvania and on Receiving the Degree of...

02/21/1905

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If he did not have a fighting edge, his patriotism did not count.

Such action, however, required a special exception to the rules.

The Commission therefore refused to recommend a special exception to the rules unless he would prove that he was eligible under the rules to...

by virtue of the authority in me vested, and in pursuance of said Act of the Congress, approved July 1, 1902, do hereby declare, proclaim an...