QuoteQuest“If, as you hold, the great hulk of the colored people are not yet fit in point of character and influence to hold such positions, it seems to me that it is worth while putting a premium upon the effort among them to achieve the character and standing which will fit them.”
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Source
- Title
- Wikiquote: Theodore Roosevelt
- Type
- reference · Secondary source
- Held by
- Wikiquote
Context
As quoted in speech by Edward de Veaux Morrell (April 1904)
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Roosevelt, Theodore. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Theodore Roosevelt. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt
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