Political Quotes

On the recordJune 14, 1903
Out of and from each we have gained something for our national character; to each we owe something special for what it has contributed to us as a people.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks at the Saengerfest in Baltimore, Maryland

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