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Teddy Roosevelt: “The whites might be to blame in some cases, and the Indians in others; but under no combination of circumstances was it…”

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The whites might be to blame in some cases, and the Indians in others; but under no combination of circumstances was it possible to obtain possession of the country save as the result of war, or of a peace obtained by the fear of war.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York
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Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt emphasizes the inevitability of war in the context of land acquisition during American expansion.

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