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Teddy Roosevelt: “I do not say merely workingmen, because I hold that every good American who does his duty must be a workingman.”

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I do not say merely workingmen, because I hold that every good American who does his duty must be a workingman.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt believes that all responsible citizens should embody the spirit of a workingman.

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