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Teddy Roosevelt: “Our aim should be to strive to keep the reign of justice alive in this country so that we shall above all things avoid…”

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Our aim should be to strive to keep the reign of justice alive in this country so that we shall above all things avoid the chance of ever dividing on the lines that separate one class from another, one occupation from another.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt stresses the importance of justice and unity across social classes.

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