Political Quotes

On the recordNovember 29, 1905
I am forced to make a rule not to write letters on the occasion of any celebration.
Said by
Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Letter to Jacob H. Schiff, Read at the Celebration Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the Landing of the Jews in This...

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