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Teddy Roosevelt: “If Russia had acted upon Tolstoi’s philosophy, all its people would long ago have disappeared from the face of the…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
If Russia had acted upon Tolstoi’s philosophy, all its people would long ago have disappeared from the face of the earth, and the country would now be occupied by wandering tribes of Tartar barbarians.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt asserts that if Russia had followed Tolstoi's philosophy, its people would have vanished, replaced by barbarians.

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