Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

I want you to remember now that you are on the verge of Statehood, that whether you can feel proud or not of your State in the future is going to depend upon the citizenship of the average man and average woman.

04/04/1905

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More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

"We are Americans, and that means that we treat Americanism primarily as a matter of spirit and purpose."
"The Republic has put up its flag in those islands, and the flag will stay there."
"Where wrong has been done by anyone the wrong-doer shall be punished; but we shall not halt in our great work because some man has happened to do wrong."
"From now on throughout your lives there can be no slackness in the performance of duty on your part."

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