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Teddy Roosevelt: Something can be done by wise legislation and by wise and honest administration of the laws; that is, something can be…

On the recordAugust 9, 1905
Something can be done by wise legislation and by wise and honest administration of the laws; that is, something can be done by our action taken in our collective capacity through the State and the nation.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks Before the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America and the United Mine Workers of America at Wilkes-Barre,...

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