Teddy Roosevelt: “As soon as it becomes government by a class or by a section it departs…”

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As soon as it becomes government by a class or by a section it departs from the old American ideal.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt warns that governance by a specific class undermines the foundational American ideals.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “As soon as it becomes government by a class or by a section it departs from the old American ideal.”