Teddy Roosevelt: “The mob of a single city may at any time perform acts of lawless…”

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The mob of a single city may at any time perform acts of lawless violence against some class of foreigners which would plunge us into war.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt warns that mob violence against foreigners could lead to international conflict.

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