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Teddy Roosevelt: “As a matter of fact, we have become so accustomed to the idea of the equality of the different States, that it never…”

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As a matter of fact, we have become so accustomed to the idea of the equality of the different States, that it never enters our heads to conceive of the possibility of its being otherwise.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt points out that the concept of state equality has become so ingrained that it is rarely questioned.

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