Teddy Roosevelt: “We must never compromise in a way that means retrogression.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900

We must never compromise in a way that means retrogression.

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Republican · New York

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From his essay on civic duty, Roosevelt emphasizes that compromise should never lead to a backward step in progress.

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