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Teddy Roosevelt: Character must show itself in the man's performance both of the duty he owes himself and of the duty he owes the State.

On the recordApril 22, 1910
Character must show itself in the man's performance both of the duty he owes himself and of the duty he owes the State.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Address at the Sorbonne in Paris, France: Citizenship in a Republic

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