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No other conquering and colonizing nation has ever treated the original savage owners of the soil with such generosity as has the United States.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt asserts that the United States has treated indigenous peoples with more generosity than any other colonizing nation.

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