Teddy Roosevelt: “A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good…”

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A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterward.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt asserts that those who sacrifice for their country deserve fair treatment afterward.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterward.”