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Quotation from Citizenship in a Republic ("The Man in the Arena") by Theodore Roosevelt

“The average citizen must be a good citizen if our republics are to succeed.”

Theodore Roosevelt

Citizenship in a Republic ("The Man in the Arena"), Paragraph 6 (African and European Addresses (1910))

Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt

The thesis of the speech: republics stand or fall on ordinary citizens.

Citation: "The average citizen must be a good citizen if our republics are to succeed." — Theodore Roosevelt, Citizenship in a Republic ("The Man in the Arena"), Paragraph 6 (African and European Addresses (1910)). (id citizenship-in-a-republic-q1)

Portrait: 1910-04-26 - Théodore-Roosevelt regardant voler Dubonnet à Issy, Agence Rol, Public domain.

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