Political Quotes

On the recordMay 1, 1902
Honor to the statesmen of the past, and may the statesmen of the present strive to live up to the example they set!
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Banquet of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution

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