Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us. We have duties to others and duties to ourselves; and we can shirk neither. We have become a great nation, forced by the fact of its greatness into relations with the other nations of the earth, and we must behave as be seems a people with such responsibilities.

Theodore Roosevelt

Second Inaugural Address of Theodore Roosevelt

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Internationalism American foreign policy American power America and the world

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Theodore Roosevelt

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Second Inaugural Address of Theodore Roosevelt Presidential inaugural address

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Political speech

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English

Time

1905 1900s 20th century

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American President Nobel laureate National leader Politician

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United States

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Roosevelt, Theodore. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1905, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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