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Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. A member of the Republican Party, he was born on October 27, 1858, in New York. Roosevelt was a prominent leader of the Progressive Movement, advocating for domestic policies that included trust-busting, regulation of corporations, and conservation of natural resources. His administration is noted for significant reforms and the establishment of national parks and forests.
If you go to a man and he says that if the people want it he will do something that is wrong in their interests, you can make up your minds you have got a man who, if he takes up his own interests, will do something wrong to the people in…
And I do want to say one thing in conclusion; if I have ever been able to accomplish anything at all in regard to peace or whatever else it may be, it has been done only to this end, to give fit expression to the thoughts and aspirations…
We are knit together by the bond of our common interests in the future.
The minute that these republics develop rich men who will look down on the poor, and poor and envious men who hate and wish for the disposal of the rich; the minute that those classes develop in any republic, the day of that republic's…
This republic is not, and never shall, be the government of a plutocracy.
Above all we should treat with a peculiarly contemptuous abhorrence the man who in a spirit of sheer cynicism debauches either our business life or our political life.
I want to say that one of the great reasons why I like what he has written is because after reading it I rise up with the purpose of being a better man.
Presidents may come and Presidents may go, but Uncle Remus stays, put.
There is nothing that the islands need more than to have their great natural resources developed.
The fearless condemnation of what is wrong; the standing up for what is decent, for what is straight.
We can not afford in this country to draw the distinction as between rich man and poor man.
I do not believe in government ownership of anything which can with propriety be left in private hands.
My fellow citizens:It is indeed a great pleasure to be greeted by you today.
The preservation of the forests is vital to the welfare of every country.
The worst thing that you can do for a child is to bring him or her up so as to dodge difficulties.
The valor shown alike by the men of the North and the men of the South as they battled for the right as God gave them to see the right, is now part of what we, all of us, keep with pride.
The man who fails to be honest and brave both in his political franchise and in his private business contributes to political and social anarchy.
We can not afford to wait longer before assuming control, in the interest of the public, of these forests.
We respect the son of a worthy father if he feels that the fact that his father did well makes it incumbent upon him to strive to do better.
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