Teddy Roosevelt: “I trust I came within them a fairly good American, and I leave them a…”

On the recordMay 12, 1903

I trust I came within them a fairly good American, and I leave them a better American.

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Republican · New York

Source

Address at the Hall of the Native Sons of the Golden West in San Francisco, California

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Teddy Roosevelt: “I trust I came within them a fairly good American, and I leave them a better American.”