Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

I accept it with deep appreciation of the regard which it typifies for the people of this Republic, both on the part of the Emperor, and on the part of the German people.

Context

Remarks at the Unveiling of the Statue of Frederick the Great in Washington, DC

11/18/1904

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