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On the recordOctober 23, 1905
The man that counts is the average private citizen; he is the man that counts.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks at the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama

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I am happy to report to you that the accompanying document shows in clearest fashion that the Congress was wise in the position it took, and that it would be an inexcusable folly to change from the proposed lock canal to a sea-level canal.

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