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Whether they are Catholic or Protestant, Jew or Gentile; whether they come from England or Germany, Russia, Japan, or Italy, matters nothing.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “Whether they are Catholic or Protestant, Jew or Gentile; whether they come from England or Germany, Russia, Japan, or…”
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Roosevelt emphasizes that a person's background or religion should not affect their treatment.
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