Teddy Roosevelt said "We committed plenty of blunders, and now and then worse than blunders, in our dealings with the Indians." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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We committed plenty of blunders, and now and then worse than blunders, in our dealings with the Indians.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt reflects on the blunders made in dealing with Native Americans.

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