Teddy Roosevelt: “No more shortsighted policy can be imagined than, in the fancied…”

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No more shortsighted policy can be imagined than, in the fancied interest of one class, to prevent the education of another class.

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Republican · New York

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He criticizes policies that hinder the education of one class for the supposed benefit of another.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “No more shortsighted policy can be imagined than, in the fancied interest of one class, to prevent the education of…”