Teddy Roosevelt said "No other class of our citizens deserves so well of the Nation as those to whom the Nation owes its very being, the veterans of the civil war." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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No other class of our citizens deserves so well of the Nation as those to whom the Nation owes its very being, the veterans of the civil war.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt emphasizes the importance of honoring Civil War veterans for their contributions to the nation.

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