Teddy Roosevelt: “It lies in having the power insufficiently concentrated, so that no…”

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It lies in having the power insufficiently concentrated, so that no one can be held responsible to the people for its use.

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Republican · New York

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He argues that power must be concentrated enough to ensure accountability to the people.

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