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Teddy Roosevelt: Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus…

On the recordAugust 30, 1910
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks in Osawatomie, Kansas: The New Nationalism

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