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Teddy Roosevelt: “The wageworkers, the workingmen, the laboring men of the country, by the way in which they repudiated the effort to get…”

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The wageworkers, the workingmen, the laboring men of the country, by the way in which they repudiated the effort to get them to cast their votes in response to an appeal to class hatred, have emphasized their sound patriotism and Americanism.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt praises the working class for rejecting appeals to class hatred and demonstrating patriotism.

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