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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presidency.ucsb.eduthe thing that counts, of course, is the character of the average citizen, and that is what gives me my supreme faith in the future.
Remarks in Pueblo, Colorado
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