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Teddy Roosevelt: It is my very great good fortune to have the right to claim that my blood is half Southern and half Northern; and I…

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It is my very great good fortune to have the right to claim that my blood is half Southern and half Northern; and I would deny the right of any man here to feel a greater pride in the deeds of every Southerner than I feel.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt expresses pride in his mixed Southern and Northern heritage.

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