08/24/1902
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"I do not believe in the doctrine that to the victor belong the spoils; but I think even less of the doctrine that the spoils shall be divided without a fight by the professional politicians on both si..."
"This of course meant the destruction of economy and efficiency for purely political considerations."
"The policy of conservation is perhaps the most typical example of the general policies which this Government has made peculiarly its own during the opening years of the present century."
"We know now that our mineral resources once exhausted are gone forever."