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But it may well be that in certain cases it will have to be withdrawn because the inhabitants show themselves unfit to exercise it; such instances have already occurred.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt acknowledges that self-government may need to be revoked in cases where the inhabitants prove unfit to exercise it.

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