Teddy Roosevelt: “Others may in time become fit, but at present can only take part in…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900

Others may in time become fit, but at present can only take part in self-government under a wise supervision, at once firm and beneficent.

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Republican · New York

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In "The Strenuous Life," Roosevelt discusses the conditions under which certain populations might participate in self-government.

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