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Teddy Roosevelt: “Wherever a deed is done by an American which reflects credit upon our country, each of us can walk with his head a…”

On the recordSeptember 8, 1902
Wherever a deed is done by an American which reflects credit upon our country, each of us can walk with his head a little higher in consequence; and wherever anything happens through the fault of any of us that is discreditable it discredits all of us more or less.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks in Danville, Virginia

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