Political Quotes

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What we should desire to find out is the individual quality of the individual man.
Said by
Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt insists on assessing the individual qualities of each immigrant rather than generalizing based on group identity.

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