Teddy Roosevelt said "It is not a figure of speech, it is the literal fact that in the United States every man is a sovereign." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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It is not a figure of speech, it is the literal fact that in the United States every man is a sovereign.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt asserts that every citizen in the United States holds sovereignty.

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