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We cannot afford to consider whether he is Catholic or Protestant, Jew or Gentile; whether he is Englishman or Irishman, Frenchman or German, Japanese, Italian, Scandinavian, Slav, or Magyar.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “We cannot afford to consider whether he is Catholic or Protestant, Jew or Gentile; whether he is Englishman or Irishman…”
Editor's note · Context
Roosevelt emphasizes that the background of immigrants should not influence their eligibility for citizenship.
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