Teddy Roosevelt: “I do not want you to turn out prigs; I do not want you to turn out the…”

On the recordMay 11, 1903

I do not want you to turn out prigs; I do not want you to turn out the self-conscious.

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Republican · New York

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Remarks at Leland Stanford Jr. University in Palo Alto, California

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Teddy Roosevelt: “I do not want you to turn out prigs; I do not want you to turn out the self-conscious.”