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ROOSEVELT, THEODORE, President. Autograph quotation signed ("Theodore Roosevelt") as President, Washington, D.C., 1 February 1906. 1 page, an oblong, White House stationery, age-toning, backed. A brief quote, boldly penned: "'To every man a square deal, no more and no less.'"
"A square deal" was a picturesque phrase used to great political effect by Roosevelt, as the essence of his his personal attitudes and Presidential policies. First coined while campaigning in Kansas, "the square deal," became a catch phrase in 1906, and symbolized Roosevelt's ideas of responsible citizenship, the dignity of labor and the proper relations between worker and employer.
"A square deal" was a picturesque phrase used to great political effect by Roosevelt, as the essence of his his personal attitudes and Presidential policies. First coined while campaigning in Kansas, "the square deal," became a catch phrase in 1906, and symbolized Roosevelt's ideas of responsible citizenship, the dignity of labor and the proper relations between worker and employer.