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We can not 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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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt stresses the need to overlook ethnic and religious differences when considering immigrants.

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