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Teddy Roosevelt: “Every leader of a great reform has to contend, on the one hand, with the open, avowed enemies of the reform, and, on the…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
Every leader of a great reform has to contend, on the one hand, with the open, avowed enemies of the reform, and, on the other hand, with its extreme advocates, who wish the impossible, and who join hands with their extreme opponents to defeat the rational friends of the reform.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt describes the dual opposition faced by reformers, often from both direct adversaries and impractical extremists within their own cause.

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