Teddy Roosevelt: “It is not the President or the Senators or the Congressmen, or even…”

On the recordOctober 23, 1905

It is not the President or the Senators or the Congressmen, or even the Governors, who make up our nation, who make the greatness of our nation.

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Republican · New York

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Remarks at the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama

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