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Teddy Roosevelt: the thing that counts, of course, is the character of the average citizen, and that is what gives me my supreme faith in…

On the recordMay 7, 1905
the thing that counts, of course, is the character of the average citizen, and that is what gives me my supreme faith in the future.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks in Pueblo, Colorado

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