Teddy Roosevelt: “But our debt is yet greater to the men whose highest type is to be…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900

But our debt is yet greater to the men whose highest type is to be found in a statesman like Lincoln, a soldier like Grant.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt argues that the nation owes an even greater debt to figures like Lincoln and Grant, who embody higher ideals than mere material success.

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