In fact the British, as conquerors and rulers in America, though very disagreeable, have not usually been either needlessly cruel nor (relatively speaking) unjust, and compare rather favorably with most other European nations.
In this statement, Roosevelt compares the British to other European nations, suggesting they were less cruel in their colonial rule over America.
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