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Teddy Roosevelt: “The character of the average man and average woman is what in the last resort determines the great ness of the State…”

On the recordMay 7, 1905
The character of the average man and average woman is what in the last resort determines the great ness of the State, the greatness of the nation.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks in Salida, Colorado

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