Teddy Roosevelt: “What we need is the performance of duty, of the ordinary duty that the…”

On the recordOctober 23, 1905

What we need is the performance of duty, of the ordinary duty that the ordinary man or woman has to meet as he or she lives his or her life.

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Republican · New York

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Remarks at the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama

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Teddy Roosevelt: “What we need is the performance of duty, of the ordinary duty that the ordinary man or woman has to meet as he or she…”