Political Quotes

On the recordMay 26, 1903
This is not, and never shall be, a government of a plutocracy; it is not, and never shall be, a government by a mob.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at Columbia Gardens in Butte, Montana

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