Teddy Roosevelt: “Our average fellow-citizen is a sane and healthy man, who believes in…”

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Our average fellow-citizen is a sane and healthy man, who believes in decency and has a wholesome mind.

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Republican · New York

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He portrays the average American as a decent and wholesome individual.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “Our average fellow-citizen is a sane and healthy man, who believes in decency and has a wholesome mind.”