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Theodore Roosevelt said...

Poverty, disease, and crime are largely due to defects of social conditions and surroundings.

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Special Message

12/16/1908

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...

Born10/27/1858

Died1/6/1919 (aged 61)

PartyRepublican

President
9/14/1901 - 3/4/1909
Governor
1/1/1899 - 12/31/1900
assistant secretary of the navy
4/19/1897 - 7/7/1898

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