On the recordMay 13, 1903
The one indispensable thing for us to keep is a high standard of character for the average American citizen.
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presidency.ucsb.eduTeddy Roosevelt: “The one indispensable thing for us to keep is a high standard of character for the average American citizen.”
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Address at the Banquet Tendered Him by the Union League Club of San Francisco, California
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