Jun 12, 1902
We are bound by every consideration of honor and expediency to pass commercial measures in the interest of her material well being.
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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Jun 12, 1902
I ask that we help her as she struggles upward along the painful and difficult road of self- governing independence.
Jun 12, 1902
It is hereby ordered that the existing boundaries of the Wakeeney land district and of the Colby land district, in the State of Kansas, be, and they are hereby, changed and re-established by the transfer from the Wakeeney land district to…
Jun 12, 1902
It is to our advantage as a nation that the growing Cuban market should be controlled by American producers.
Jun 12, 1902
Warning is hereby expressly given to all persons not to make settlement upon the lands reserved by this proclamation.
Jun 10, 1902
West Pointers have risen to the first rank in all the occupations of civil life.
Jun 10, 1902
Here we care nothing for the boy's birthplace, nor his creed, nor his social standing.
Jun 10, 1902
It will be more difficult in the future than ever before to know your profession, and more essential also;
Jun 10, 1902
During that century no other educational institution in the land has contributed as many names as West Point to the honor roll of the nation's greatest citizens.
Jun 4, 1902
Pay all possible heed to the scientific side of your work; perfect yourselves as scientific men able to work with the best and most delicate apparatus; and never for one moment forget—especially the higher officers among you—that in time…
Jun 4, 1902
I welcome you here, and I am glad to have the chance of seeing you, and I wish to say a word of congratulation to you upon this Association.
Jun 4, 1902
I am glad to have the opportunity to bid welcome to the members of this Association and their friends to—day.
May 29, 1902
Upon your success depended all the future of the people on this continent, and much of the future of mankind as a whole.
May 29, 1902
Washington and Lincoln—the man who did most to found the Union, and the man who did most to preserve it—stand head and shoulders above all our other public men, and have by common consent won the right to this preeminence.
May 29, 1902
All honor to them; and shame, thrice shame, to us if we fail to uphold their hands!
May 29, 1902
On July 4 we celebrate the birth of the nation; on this day, the 30th of May, we call to mind the deaths of those who died that the nation might live.
May 29, 1902
Peace and freedom—are there two better objects for which a soldier can fight?
May 29, 1902
All cruelty is forbidden, and all harshness beyond what is called for by need.
May 29, 1902
It is a good custom for our country to have certain solemn holidays in commemoration of our greatest men and of the greatest crises in our history.
May 29, 1902
Washington and Lincoln—the man who did most to found the Union, and the man who did most to preserve it—stand head and shoulders above all our other public men.
May 29, 1902
We believe that we can rapidly teach the people of the Philippine Islands not only how to enjoy but how to make good use of their freedom.
May 29, 1902
The warfare that has extended the boundaries of civilization at the expense of barbarism and savagery has been for centuries one of the most potent factors in the progress of humanity.
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