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You can not give any needed power to the representatives of the people without exposing yourselves to the danger of that power being abused.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “You can not give any needed power to the representatives of the people without exposing yourselves to the danger of that…”
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Roosevelt warns that granting power to representatives comes with the risk of potential abuse.
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