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Teddy Roosevelt: “The great civilized and colonizing races of antiquity, the Greeks and the Romans, had been utterly unable to devise a…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
The great civilized and colonizing races of antiquity, the Greeks and the Romans, had been utterly unable to devise a scheme under which when their race spread it might be possible to preserve both national unity and local and individual freedom.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

From an essay on American governance, this passage contrasts ancient empires' inability to balance unity and freedom with modern solutions.

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