Teddy Roosevelt: “If the man is a slack, shiftless creature I wish we could get rid of…”

On the recordMay 17, 1903

If the man is a slack, shiftless creature I wish we could get rid of him.

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Republican · New York

Source

Remarks at Berenda, California

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Teddy Roosevelt: “If the man is a slack, shiftless creature I wish we could get rid of him.”