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Teddy Roosevelt: “There was but little more heed paid to the rights of the assailed in one case than in the other.”

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There was but little more heed paid to the rights of the assailed in one case than in the other.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt comments on the disregard for the rights of those being attacked, drawing a comparison between different historical contexts.

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