Teddy Roosevelt: “It is out of the question to claim a right and yet shirk the…”

On the recordAugust 10, 1905

It is out of the question to claim a right and yet shirk the responsibility for exercising that right.

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Republican · New York

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Remarks in Chautauqua, New York

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Teddy Roosevelt: “It is out of the question to claim a right and yet shirk the responsibility for exercising that right.”