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Only by bringing the people of China into peaceful and friendly community of trade with all the peoples of the earth can the work now auspiciously begun be carried to fruition.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt advocates for peaceful trade relations between China and the rest of the world as essential for progress.

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