Political Quotes

On the recordJune 27, 1905
It is a bad thing for any college man to grow to regard sport as the serious business of life.
Said by
Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Alumni Dinner of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts

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