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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…

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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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks in Capitol Square in Richmond, Virginia

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