Teddy Roosevelt: “A great free people owes it to itself and to all mankind not to sink…”

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A great free people owes it to itself and to all mankind not to sink into helplessness before the powers of evil.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt asserts that a free nation has a duty to resist evil and protect its rights.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “A great free people owes it to itself and to all mankind not to sink into helplessness before the powers of evil.”