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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.
You must show that you have in you the right stuff and what your college education has done for you is not to make you feel excused from effort, but to give you the ability to use your effort to greater advantage than you could otherwise…
Remember that there is only one way in which the ordinary college graduate can benefit his alma mater.
My fellow-citizens, my fellow-Americans, I address you here under the shadow of your beautiful capitol of this great and wonderful State with its heroic memories of Austin, of Sam Houston, of Davy Crockett, of all the men who, in picture…
Most emphatically we cannot, as good Americans, bear hostility to any rich man as such any more than to any poor man as such.
It is a good thing to have moderation in state affairs, but to make your deeds bear out absolutely your words.
If a man can not govern himself he will find a boss or some one else who can govern him; and then don't blame the boss—blame yourself for not having the self-control, the resolution, the forethought and the sense of civic duty which would…
Fundamentally, our attitude in our foreign affairs and in reference to foreign nations, must, in the long run, if we are to be successful as a people, be based upon certain common sense rules of conduct; the identical rules upon which…
It is eminently fitting that so great a State should have so fine a capitol.
Train yourselves specially in some one direction to do some bit of technical work better than it can be done by any one who has not had your training.
But do not let him sit down and blame the politicians, let him blame himself, for it is in his power to get the government that he seriously desires to have.
No State can be great without paying the penalty of responsibility that comes with greatness.
If the average man keeps his head and his wits, and if he takes a little pains, he will not be governed that way.
The public has a right, not a privilege, but, in my view, a duty, to see that there is in its behalf exercised such a supervisory and regulatory power over the railroads as will insure that, while they give fair treatment, they themselves…
My regiment was raised under the walls of that historic building of which it was said that Thermopylæ had its messenger of death, but the Alamo had none.
I cannot say what pleasure it is to me to be today in the Indian Territory, which I earnestly hope will soon be a part of a great State of our Union.
But all of that will not avail if you don't have the right type of men and women in the State.
A glorious memory is the best of all things for a nation, if the purpose of that nation is to try to rise level with that memory.
If the average citizen does his duty, you will have a good State, and you will not otherwise.
If a man is to be an advantage to the community in which he lives he must be a decent, square dealing man, who does fairly by his neighbor and takes care of his family.
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