Political Quotes

On the recordNovember 18, 1902
If any of us raise ourselves a little, then by just so much the nation, as a whole, is raised.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks to the Colored Citizens of Memphis, Tennessee

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