Theodore Roosevelt:

I have been President of the United States. I have been a colonel of a regiment. I have been a police commissioner of New York. I have been a cattle ranchman. I have been a hunter of big game. I have been a historian. I have been a naturalist. I have been a reformer. I have been a father. I have been a husband. I have been a man.

— Theodore Roosevelt Modern

US President, progressive era

Context

Quoted in various biographical accounts, summarizing his life

Date / Period

Approx. 1913

Source

https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/TRC/Theodore-Roosevelt/Research-and-Arti…

Verification

Unverifiable

Explanation

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Method

Cross Reference

Sources Checked

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