“Teddy Tweets”

Theodore Roosevelt’s Weekly Wisdom

Presented by The Ripon Society

“I want to see every man vote. I would rather have you come to the polls even if you voted against me than have you shirk your duty.”

Theodore Roosevelt

Speech in Richland, New York

October 29, 1898

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