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Teddy Roosevelt: “So long as I have been here I have not willingly planted a thorn in any man's bosom.”

On the recordFebruary 12, 1905
So long as I have been here I have not willingly planted a thorn in any man's bosom.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Lincoln Dinner of the Republican Club in New York City

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