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Teddy Roosevelt: The public schools are not merely the educational centres for the mass of our people, but they are the factories of…

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The public schools are not merely the educational centres for the mass of our people, but they are the factories of American citizenship.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt describes public schools as essential for fostering American citizenship.

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