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On the recordFebruary 12, 1905
To speak discourteously, insultingly, does not do them any harm; it may irritate them, and therefore, it may do us some harm.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks at the Banquet of the New York Press Club in New York City

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