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Teddy Roosevelt: “I have never had the good fortune to be in the Territory before; but I had the great good fortune to have some of your…”

On the recordApril 4, 1905
I have never had the good fortune to be in the Territory before; but I had the great good fortune to have some of your sons in my regiment; and better and braver men never rode a horse or handled a rifle.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks in Vineta, Indian Territory

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