Teddy Roosevelt: “A movement of this kind can ultimately result in nothing but damage to…”

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A movement of this kind can ultimately result in nothing but damage to those in whose behalf it is nominally undertaken.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt asserts that movements based on class interests can ultimately harm those they claim to support.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “A movement of this kind can ultimately result in nothing but damage to those in whose behalf it is nominally undertaken.”