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Teddy Roosevelt: “Every system of government, no matter how good, has the advantage of its virtues, and the quality of the representative…”

On the recordJune 24, 1902
Every system of government, no matter how good, has the advantage of its virtues, and the quality of the representative depends upon the character of his constituency.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Convention of the International League of Press Clubs in Boston, Massachusetts

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