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On the recordApril 13, 1906
Under altered external form we war with the same tendencies toward evil that were evident in Washington's time, and are helped by the same tendencies for good.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks at the Laying of the Cornerstone of the Office Building of the House of Representatives: \The Man with the Muck...\

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