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Teddy Roosevelt: I court the fullest, most exhaustive, and most searching investigation of any act of theirs, and if any one of them is…

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I court the fullest, most exhaustive, and most searching investigation of any act of theirs, and if any one of them is ever shown to have done wrong his punishment shall be exemplary.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt calls for transparency and accountability in the actions of the Isthmian Commission.

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