No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as the work of a woman who is bringing up a family of small children.
Teddy Roosevelt
The Public Record
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.
But the nation is in a bad way if there is no real home, if the family is not of the right kind; if the man is not a good husband and father, if he is brutal or cowardly or selfish, if the woman has lost her sense of duty, if she is sunk…
The woman who is a good wife, a good mother, is entitled to our respect as is no one else; but she is entitled to it only because, and so long as, she is worthy of it.
No matter what that occupation may be, as long as there is a real home and as long as those who make up that home do their duty to one another, to their neighbors and to the State, it is of minor consequence whether the man's trade is…
Into the woman's keeping is committed the destiny of the generations to come after us.
No greater work can be done by a philanthropic or religious society than to stretch out the helping hand to the man and the woman who come here to this country to become citizens.
It is hereby ordered that the following described lands situated in the State of Utah, be, and the same are hereby, withheld from sale and settlement and set apart for Indian purposes, as an addition to the Navaho Indian Reservation
The benefit to the United States will consist chiefly in the tendency under the treaty to secure stability, order, and prosperity in Santo Domingo.
This treaty affords the most practicable means of obtaining payment for the just claims of American citizens.
Santo Domingo grievously needs the aid of a powerful and friendly nation.
This treaty was entered into at the earnest request of Santo Domingo itself, and is designed to afford Santo Domingo relief and assistance.
It offers the method most likely to secure peace and to prevent war in the island.
This treaty offers the only method for preventing the collection of fraudulent debts, whether owed to Americans or to citizens of other nations.
We wish peace, but we wish the peace of justice, the peace of righteousness.
Toward all other nations, large and small, our attitude must be one of cordial and sincere friendship.
We have duties to others and duties to ourselves; and we can shirk neither.
We have faith that we shall not prove false to the memories of the men of the mighty past.





