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Teddy Roosevelt: The minute that there arises a question of corruption in public life, if we have any sense of loyalty to the Union and…

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The minute that there arises a question of corruption in public life, if we have any sense of loyalty to the Union and its institutions, all political lines vanish at once.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt asserts that loyalty to the Union should transcend political divisions in the face of corruption.

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