A young people, a people of composite stock, we have kinship with many different nations, but we are identical with none of them, and are developing a separate national stock as we have already developed a separate national life.
In this quote, Roosevelt articulates the unique identity of the American people as a composite of various nationalities, distinct from any single one.
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