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Teddy Roosevelt: “In that regiment I had more men whose fathers had worn the gray than I had whose fathers had worn the blue; but they…”

On the recordOctober 22, 1905
In that regiment I had more men whose fathers had worn the gray than I had whose fathers had worn the blue; but they united in the generous rivalry to know no difference and in the emulation of seeing whether or not each could do all that was in him for the flag of your common country.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks in Flomaton, Alabama

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