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Teddy Roosevelt: “As for those in our own country who encourage the foe, we can afford contemptuously to disregard them; but it must be…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
As for those in our own country who encourage the foe, we can afford contemptuously to disregard them; but it must be remembered that their utterances are not saved from being treasonable merely by the fact that they are despicable.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

In "The Strenuous Life," Roosevelt addresses the issue of domestic critics who might be perceived as aiding the nation's adversaries.

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