Teddy Roosevelt: “The American people are slow to wrath, but when their wrath is once…”

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The American people are slow to wrath, but when their wrath is once kindled it burns like a consuming flame.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt describes the American people's capacity for wrath when provoked.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “The American people are slow to wrath, but when their wrath is once kindled it burns like a consuming flame.”