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Teddy Roosevelt: “A party whose members are radically at variance on most vital issues, and if united at all, are only united on issues…”

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A party whose members are radically at variance on most vital issues, and if united at all, are only united on issues where their attitude threatens widespread disaster to the whole country, can not be trusted to govern in any matter.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt critiques political parties that are divided on crucial issues, suggesting they are unfit to govern.

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