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Teddy Roosevelt: “More and more we are learning that to love one’s country above all others is in no way incompatible with respecting and…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
More and more we are learning that to love one’s country above all others is in no way incompatible with respecting and wishing well to all others, and that, as between man and man, so between nation and nation, there should live the great law of right.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Speaking on national duty and international relations, Roosevelt articulates a principle of patriotic love coexisting with global respect and justice.

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