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Teddy Roosevelt: I do not believe that such supervision can come effectively through the State, nor that it can effectively come through…

On the recordJune 21, 1905
I do not believe that such supervision can come effectively through the State, nor that it can effectively come through the municipality.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks on Receiving the Degree of Doctor of Human Letters From Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts

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