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.
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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