Teddy Roosevelt: “If he did not have a fighting edge, his patriotism did not count.”

On the recordJuly 3, 1903

If he did not have a fighting edge, his patriotism did not count.

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Republican · New York

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Remarks at the Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of Huntington, Long Island, New York

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Like all other good citizens, I accept the result with entire good humor and contentment.

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I congratulate you thereon.

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I am absorbed in the success of that movement.

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The American people by a great plurality have conferred upon you the highest honor in their gift.

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