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Teddy Roosevelt: Judging by the history of the last twelve years, down to this very month, is there justification for believing that…

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Judging by the history of the last twelve years, down to this very month, is there justification for believing that under similar circumstances and with similar initial differences of opinion, our opponents would have achieved any practical result?
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt questions whether opponents would have achieved results under similar circumstances, highlighting his administration's successes.

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