Teddy Roosevelt: “I do not care whether a man is a banker or a bricklayer; if he is a…”

On the recordMay 17, 1903

I do not care whether a man is a banker or a bricklayer; if he is a good banker or a good bricklayer he is a good citizen.

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Republican · New York

Source

Remarks at Berenda, California

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