The one all-essential thing in America, the thing that underlies everything else, is to have the average American a good man or a good woman; and if there is any one thing that I respect more than a good man, it is a good woman.
Remarks in Tuskegee, Alabama
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Like all other good citizens, I accept the result with entire good humor and contentment.
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