Political Quotes

On the recordMay 11, 1903
No law that the wit of man has ever devised ever has made or ever will make the fool wise, the coward brave, or the weakling strong.
Said by
Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Address at a Banquet Tendered by the Citizens of San Francisco, California at the Palace Hotel

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It is unlawful for any person to hunt, trap, capture, willfully disturb, or kill any bird of any kind whatever, or take the eggs of such birds within the limits of this reservation.

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