Teddy Roosevelt: “If a man is strong in mind and body and misuses his strength then he…”

On the recordApril 18, 1902

If a man is strong in mind and body and misuses his strength then he becomes simply a foe to the body politic, to be hunted down by all decent men.

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Republican · New York

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Remarks at the Banquet at Sherry's in Honor of Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University in New York...

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