But, after all, in speaking to you, or, to any other body of my fellow-citizens, no matter from what Old World country they themselves or their forefathers may have come, the great thing is to remember that we are all of us Americans.
Roosevelt emphasizes the importance of unity among Americans, regardless of their ancestral origins.
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