Political Quotes

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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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks at the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama

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