Teddy Roosevelt: “I claim to be neither Northerner nor Southerner, neither Easterner nor…”

On the recordOctober 17, 1905

I claim to be neither Northerner nor Southerner, neither Easterner nor Westerner, nothing but a good American, pure and simple.

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Republican · New York

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Remarks in Capitol Square in Richmond, Virginia

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Teddy Roosevelt: “I claim to be neither Northerner nor Southerner, neither Easterner nor Westerner, nothing but a good American, pure and…”