Political Quotes

On the recordMay 29, 1905
When the accident occurred there were fully twenty minutes when every man knew that any moment the ship might sink.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks at the Naval Young Men's Christian Association in Brooklyn, New York City

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