Teddy Roosevelt: “But if he is rich and crooked hold it against him; if not rich but is…”

On the recordOctober 24, 1905

But if he is rich and crooked hold it against him; if not rich but is crooked, then hold it against him.

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Republican · New York

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Remarks at the City Park in Little Rock, Arkansas

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Teddy Roosevelt: “But if he is rich and crooked hold it against him; if not rich but is crooked, then hold it against him.”