We know that self-government is difficult. We know that no people needs such high traits of character as that people which seeks to govern its affairs aright through the freely expressed will of the freemen who compose it.

Theodore Roosevelt

Second Inaugural Address of Theodore Roosevelt

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Self-government Morality and democracy

Speaker

Theodore Roosevelt

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Theodore Roosevelt Presidential inaugural address

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Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1905 1900s 20th century

Occupation

American President Nobel laureate National leader Politician

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United States

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Citation

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

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