Political Quotes

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The danger to American democracy lies not in the least in the concentration of administrative power in responsible and accountable hands.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt warns that the real danger to democracy is not concentrated power, but rather insufficiently concentrated power.

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