Political Quotes

On the recordJune 27, 1905
Brutality in playing a game should awaken the heartiest and most plainly shown contempt for the player guilty of it.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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

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