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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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May 29, 1905

I feel we owe a peculiar debt of gratitude to those who have taken the lead in securing this building.

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May 29, 1905

Yet there wasn't a touch of nervousness among the men, there was no sign of any one being rattled.

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May 29, 1905

And now I say to you men that on you a heavy responsibility rests.

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May 29, 1905

A successful war for unrighteousness is the most dreadful of all things; it is the thing that sets back more than aught else the course of civilization.

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May 29, 1905

We cannot afford as a people ever to forget for one moment that ability, far-sightedness, iron resolution, perseverance, willingness to do and dare are qualities to be admired only if they are put at the service of the right, at the…

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May 29, 1905

It is all important to have ships the best in hull, the best in armor, and the best in armament of any nation in the world.

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May 29, 1905

Much as I believe in the work of the Young Men's Christian Association, I believe in it most when it takes such shape as this.

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May 29, 1905

The surest way for a nation to invite disaster is to be opulent, aggressive, and unarmed.

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May 29, 1905

I don't have to tell you that I believe with all my heart in the navy of the United States.

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May 28, 1905

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Sawtooth Forest Reserve.

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May 24, 1905

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Weiser Forest Reserve.

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May 22, 1905

the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation.

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May 22, 1905

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

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May 14, 1905

by virtue of the power in me vested, do hereby declare and make known that Executive Orders dated December 27, 1875, and December 29, 1891, are so far modified as to except from their provisions Sections 5 and 6, of township 15 south…

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May 14, 1905

The Executive order of March 10, 1905, setting apart certain lands in Utah as an addition to the Navaho Indian Reservation, is hereby canceled

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May 14, 1905

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section four thousand two hundred and twenty-eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States, do hereby declare and proclaim that, the foreign discriminating duties of tonnage and imposts…

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May 14, 1905

it is hereby ordered that the following-described lands situated in said State be, and the same are hereby, withheld from sale and entry and set apart for Indian purposes, as an addition to the said Indian reservation

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May 11, 1905

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Gunnison Forest Reserve.

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May 11, 1905

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Sevier Forest Reserve.

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May 11, 1905

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Wenaha Forest Reserve.

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May 11, 1905

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Elkhorn Forest Reserve.

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May 11, 1905

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Chesnimnus Forest Reserve.

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May 11, 1905

The public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving the same as a public reservation.

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May 11, 1905

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Leadville Forest Reserve.

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May 9, 1905

I feel that this club not only commemorates the name and the great service of Alexander Hamilton.

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