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.

Context

Remarks in Caddo, Indian Territory

04/04/1905

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