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Teddy Roosevelt: “Therefore it lies primarily not with the people at Washington, but with you, yourselves, to see that such policies are…”

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Therefore it lies primarily not with the people at Washington, but with you, yourselves, to see that such policies are supported as will redound to the benefit of the home makers and therefore the sure and steady building up of the State as a whole.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt urges citizens to actively support policies that benefit home-makers and contribute to the state's development.

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