Teddy Roosevelt: “Words are good if they are backed up by deeds, and only so.”

On the recordJuly 3, 1902

Words are good if they are backed up by deeds, and only so.

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Republican · New York

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Remarks at a Banquet Given By Attorney General Philander Knox in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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