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Teddy Roosevelt: “The great deeds of those that have gone before us must ever serve not as a reason for inaction on our part, but as the…”

On the recordJuly 3, 1902
The great deeds of those that have gone before us must ever serve not as a reason for inaction on our part, but as the keenest of spurs to drive us forward on the path of national greatness and justice.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Banquet Given By Attorney General Philander Knox in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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