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Teddy Roosevelt: “The anarchist is everywhere not merely the enemy of system and of progress, but the deadly foe of liberty.”

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The anarchist is everywhere not merely the enemy of system and of progress, but the deadly foe of liberty.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

This quote describes anarchists as enemies of both progress and liberty.

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