"This country has nothing to fear from the crooked man who fails. We put him in jail. It is the crooked man who succeeds who is a threat to this country."
— Theodore Roosevelt

January 1, 1970

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Address in Memphis, Tennessee (25 October 1905)

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Address in Memphis, Tennessee (25 October 1905)