In no other place and at no other time has the experiment of government of the people, by the people, for the people, been tried on so vast a scale as here in our own country in the opening years of the 20th Century.
Proclamation 508—Thanksgiving Day, 1903
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The American people by a great plurality have conferred upon you the highest honor in their gift.
France is one of these nations. For her to sink would be a loss to all the world.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood.
Like all other good citizens, I accept the result with entire good humor and contentment.
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