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But there are certain great principles, such as those which Cromwell would have called “fundamentals,” concerning which no man has a right to have more than one opinion.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt insists that there are fundamental principles on which all should agree.

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