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On the recordMarch 16, 1905
They are a masterful race of rugged character—a race the qualities of whose womanhood have become proverbial, while its men have the elemental, the indispensable virtues of working hard in time of peace and fighting hard in time of war.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks at the 121st Annual Dinner of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in New York City

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