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If the Rio conference, therefore, were to take such action it would have the appearance of a meeting of debtors resolving how their creditors should act, and this would not inspire respect.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt warns that a conference of debtor nations discussing creditor actions would lack respect and legitimacy.

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