Teddy Roosevelt said "Had it not been for the word the deeds could not have taken place; but without the deeds the word would have been the idlest breath." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 2, 1903

Had it not been for the word the deeds could not have taken place; but without the deeds the word would have been the idlest breath.

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Republican · New York

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Remarks in Freeport

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