Quote#Hope
I cannot consent to take the position that the door of hope — the…
Quote byTheodore Roosevelt · 1858–1919
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to James Adger Smythe (26 November 1902), as quoted in speech by Edward de Veaux Morrell (April 1904).
English (original)
I cannot consent to take the position that the door of hope — the door of opportunity — is to be shut upon any man, no matter how worthy, purely upon the grounds of race or color. Such an attitude would, according to my convictions, be fundamentally wrong.
— Theodore Roosevelt
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