“The government is us; we are the government, you and I.”

—  Theodore Roosevelt

Speech http://books.google.com/books?id=kfYEAAAAYAAJ&amp;q=%22The+government+is+us+we+are+the+government+you+and+I%22&amp;pg=PA521#v=onepage at Asheville, North Carolina (9 September 1902) <br class="br">1900s

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American politician, 26th president of the United States 1858–1919

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