On the recordApril 18, 1902
In the unending strife for civic betterment, small is the use of these people who mean well, but who mean well feebly.
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presidency.ucsb.eduTeddy Roosevelt: “In the unending strife for civic betterment, small is the use of these people who mean well, but who mean well feebly.”
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Remarks at the Banquet at Sherry's in Honor of Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University in New York...
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