Teddy Roosevelt: “From now on throughout your lives there can be no slackness in the…”

On the recordMay 1, 1902

From now on throughout your lives there can be no slackness in the performance of duty on your part.

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Republican · New York

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Commencement Address at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland

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Teddy Roosevelt: “From now on throughout your lives there can be no slackness in the performance of duty on your part.”