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Teddy Roosevelt: “The fate of the twentieth century will in no small degree depend upon the quality of citizenship developed on this…”

On the recordMarch 16, 1905
The fate of the twentieth century will in no small degree depend upon the quality of citizenship developed on this continent.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks at the 121st Annual Dinner of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in New York City

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