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Theodore Roosevelt, "Address to the Knights of Columbus" (12 October 1915).
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For an American citizen to vote as a German-American, an Irish-American, or an English-American, is to be a traitor to American institutions; and those hyphenated Americans who terrorize American politicians by threats of the foreign vote are engaged in treason to the American Republic.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "For an American citizen to vote as a German-American, an Irish-American, or an English-American, is to be a traitor to American institutions; and those hyphenated Americans who terrorize American politicians by threats of the foreign vote are engaged in treason to the American Republic." in the context of "Theodore Roosevelt, "Address to the Knights of Columbus" (12 October 1915)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About United States

"America", "US", "USA", and "United States of America" redirect here. For the landmass comprising North, Central, South America, and the Caribbean, see Americas. For other uses, see America (disambiguation).

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