Political Quotes

On the recordMay 1, 1902
From now on throughout your lives there can be no slackness in the performance of duty on your part.
Said by
Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

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

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