Teddy Roosevelt: “No State can do anything except by possessing just those qualities…”

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No State can do anything except by possessing just those qualities, because the State is of course simply the aggregate of the individuals within it.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt argues that a state's effectiveness is determined by the qualities of its individuals.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “No State can do anything except by possessing just those qualities, because the State is of course simply the aggregate…”