Teddy Roosevelt said "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." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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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