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On the recordMay 11, 1903
There is but one real way in which any man can be helped, and that is by teaching him to help himself.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Address at a Banquet Tendered by the Citizens of San Francisco, California at the Palace Hotel

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