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On the recordSeptember 21, 1902
A good deed done by any American is put down to the credit of all Americans, and that, therefore, conversely, no act of wrongdoing can be performed by one of our number without the evil effects being felt to a greater or less degree by all of us.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks in Detroit, Michigan

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