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We know that no people needs such high traits of character as that people which seeks to govern its affairs aright through the freely expressed will of the freemen who compose it.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “We know that no people needs such high traits of character as that people which seeks to govern its affairs aright…”
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Roosevelt emphasizes the importance of character in self-governance.
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