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Teddy Roosevelt: “The reason why our future is assured lies in the fact that our people are genuinely skilled in and fitted for…”

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The reason why our future is assured lies in the fact that our people are genuinely skilled in and fitted for self-government and therefore will spurn the leadership of those who seek to excite this ferocious and foolish class antagonism.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He expresses confidence in the American people's ability to govern themselves and reject class antagonism.

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