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Never before have men tried so vast and formidable an experiment as that of administering the affairs of a continent under the forms of a democratic republic.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “Never before have men tried so vast and formidable an experiment as that of administering the affairs of a continent…”
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This quote reflects on the unprecedented challenge of governing a continent as a democratic republic.
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