Inaugural Address
03/03/1905
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I have shaken hands with certain members of that delegation to-day.
You raise a great many good crops in Illinois, but the best crop is the Illinois citizen.
This government is not, and never shall be, the government of a plutocracy.
It is going to be dug honestly and as cheaply as is compatible with efficiency, but with efficiency first.