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Standing alone the Kentuckians would have been laughed to scorn not only by England and France, but even by Spain.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt asserts that without national support, the Kentuckians would have been dismissed by foreign powers as insignificant.

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