Remarks in Everett, Washington
05/22/1903
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Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by...
This of course meant the destruction of economy and efficiency for purely political considerations.
I do this with extreme reluctance.
We need the development of men in the open country, who will be in the future, as in the past, the stay and strength of ...