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On the recordAugust 25, 1902
Each Filipino now has a better chance for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness than he ever dreamed of having before—than he could have ever dreamed of acquiring under the rule of any little native oligarchy.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks in Augusta, Maine

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I am all right and you cannot escape listening to the speech either.

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