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On the recordJuly 3, 1902
Character, that compound of honesty and courage and common sense, will avail us more in the long run than any brilliancy on the stump or any advising legislative means and methods.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks at a Banquet Given By Attorney General Philander Knox in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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