Remarks in Lewiston, Maine
08/25/1902
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It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles.
France is one of these nations. For her to sink would be a loss to all the world.
Character must show itself in the man's performance both of the duty he owes himself and of the duty he owes the State.
Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by...