It is eminently proper that on great national holidays, and particularly July Fourth, we should come together, not as representatives of one body, but as Americans, to represent all that makes America what it is—a uniting on fundamental and great principles.
Remarks at a Banquet Given By Attorney General Philander Knox in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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