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Teddy Roosevelt: “I hope sincerely that a century hence it will seem equally incredible to the American of that generation that there…”

On the recordNovember 15, 1903
I hope sincerely that a century hence it will seem equally incredible to the American of that generation that there should be corruption and venality in public life.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Centennial Exercises in the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church

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