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They did not have many theories; but they were too genuinely liberty-loving not to keenly feel that their freedom was jeopardized as much by domestic disorder as by foreign aggression.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “They did not have many theories; but they were too genuinely liberty-loving not to keenly feel that their freedom was…”
Editor's note · Context
This quote captures the frontier mentality regarding the dual threats to freedom from both domestic and foreign sources.
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