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Teddy Roosevelt: “Distrust more than any other man in this Republic the man who would try to teach Americans to substitute loyalty to any…”

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Distrust more than any other man in this Republic the man who would try to teach Americans to substitute loyalty to any class for loyalty to the whole American people.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He warns against those who would promote class loyalty over loyalty to the nation as a whole.

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