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On the recordOctober 22, 1905
Think how fortunate we are as a people that, whereas, most great wars leave memories of rancor and bitterness, we now have the right of Americans all over this country to claim as part of the glory of all Americans all that was done alike by the ex-Union and ex-Confederate men, provided only that man did all that in him lay.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks in Flomaton, Alabama

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