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Teddy Roosevelt

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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.

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Aug 9, 1905

In addition to that, you have got to do your duty by the State and by your neighbor.

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Aug 9, 1905

Self-government is not an easy thing, either for the nation or for the individual; and it works really well only when you have a high type of average citizenship.

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Aug 9, 1905

In the last analysis the factor most influential in determining any man's success must ever be the sum of that man's own qualities, of his knowledge, foresight, thrift, and courage.

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Aug 9, 1905

We need in the interest of peace and so that we can do our duty in promoting peace of the world to have it understood that we desire peace not from fear, not from weakness, but because we regard peace as just and right.

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Aug 9, 1905

If they should be needed, we want the very best, and we want the best men behind them.

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Aug 4, 1905

I propose a toast to which there will be no answer, and to which I ask you to drink in silence standing.

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Aug 4, 1905

It is my most earnest hope and prayer, in the interest of not only these two great powers, but of all mankind, that a just and lasting peace may be speedily concluded between them.

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Aug 2, 1905

Warning is expressly given to all persons not to make settlement upon the lands reserved by this Proclamation.

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Aug 1, 1905

Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by said act of Congress, and for the purpose of modifying the provision of said proclamation above quoted, do hereby…

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Jul 30, 1905

I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section 2380 and 2381 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, do hereby declare and make known that said lands are hereby reserved as…

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Jul 28, 1905

It is hereby ordered that all that portion of the public domain in the Territory of New Mexico... be, and the same is hereby, set apart as a reservation for the use and occupation of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico belonging to the Pueblo…

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Jul 24, 1905

The reservation hereby established shall be known as the Garden City Forest Reserve.

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Jul 24, 1905

In view of her unfortunate circumstances and previous efficient service attested by the Public Printer, the Commission recommended to the President a special order waiving the rule requiring reinstatement within one year, which was…

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Jul 21, 1905

The reservation hereby established shall be known as the Short Pine Forest Reserve.

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Jul 21, 1905

The Secretary of the Interior will cause this action to be noted on the records of the General Land Office.

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Jul 21, 1905

The recommendations made within by the Acting Secretary of War are approved.

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Jul 20, 1905

This reservation shall be known hereafter as the Gila Forest Reserve.

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Jul 20, 1905

The Secretary of the Interior will cause this action to be noted on the records of the General Land Office.

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Jul 20, 1905

The recommendations made within by the Acting Secretary of War are approved.

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Jul 14, 1905

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Diamond Mountain Forest Reserve.

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Jul 13, 1905

No one will be permitted to make settlement upon any of said lands in advance of the opening herein provided for.

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Jul 13, 1905

It is considered necessary for the public good that certain lands in the Uintah Indian Reservation be set apart and reserved as an addition to the Uintah Forest Reserve.

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Jul 13, 1905

The order in which, during the first sixty days following the opening, the registered applicants will be permitted to make homestead entry of the lands opened hereunder, will be determined by a drawing.

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Jul 13, 1905

Persons who make homestead entry for any of these lands will be required to pay therefor at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre when they make final proof.

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