Teddy Roosevelt: “Viewed from any angle, ignorance is the costliest crop that can be…”

On the recordOctober 23, 1905

Viewed from any angle, ignorance is the costliest crop that can be raised in any part of this Union.

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Republican · New York

Source

Remarks at Tuskegee Normal Industrial Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama

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Teddy Roosevelt: “Viewed from any angle, ignorance is the costliest crop that can be raised in any part of this Union.”