Teddy Roosevelt: “Poor, indeed, would be the soul of the man who did not leave…”

On the recordOctober 23, 1905

Poor, indeed, would be the soul of the man who did not leave Montgomery a better American than when he came into it.

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Republican · New York

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Remarks at the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama

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Teddy Roosevelt: “Poor, indeed, would be the soul of the man who did not leave Montgomery a better American than when he came into it.”