Teddy Roosevelt: “We can not afford, if we are to make this republic true to its promise, if we are to make its mighty future as…”

“We can not afford, if we are to make this republic true to its promise, if we are to make its mighty future as essentially great as is its past, we cannot, as citizens, afford to sunder in the deep matters along lines other than the lines of conduct which separates good citizens from bad citizens.”