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Teddy Roosevelt: “We are not to be pardoned if we fail to take every step in our power to prevent the possibility of the repetition of…”

On the recordApril 16, 1906
We are not to be pardoned if we fail to take every step in our power to prevent the possibility of the repetition of such scandals as those that have occurred in connection with the insurance business as disclosed by the Armstrong committee.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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