Teddy Roosevelt: “Their construction has been conclusively shown to be an undertaking…”

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Their construction has been conclusively shown to be an undertaking too vast for private effort.

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Republican · New York

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This statement asserts that the scale of water management projects requires government involvement rather than relying on private entities.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “Their construction has been conclusively shown to be an undertaking too vast for private effort.”