Address at Oakland, California
05/13/1903
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The interests of the nation are involved in the welfare of this army of children no less than in our great material affa...
Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by...
Surely poverty alone should not disrupt the home.
Each of these children represents either a potential addition to the productive capacity and the enlightened citizenship...