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Teddy Roosevelt: “Our difficulties were partly inherited from these, our predecessors, were partly caused by our own misdeeds, but were…”

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Our difficulties were partly inherited from these, our predecessors, were partly caused by our own misdeeds, but were mainly the inevitable result of the conditions under which the problem had to be solved; no human wisdom or virtue could have worked out a peaceable solution.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt acknowledges the complexities and challenges faced in resolving Native American issues.

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