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Teddy Roosevelt: “But to be a member of a self-governing community means that if you are to do your part in that community, you must…”

On the recordOctober 23, 1905
But to be a member of a self-governing community means that if you are to do your part in that community, you must possess the powers of self-restraint, of self-rule, of courage, of honesty, clean living, and decent thinking.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama

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