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Our people are now successfully governing themselves, because for more than a thousand years they have been slowly fitting themselves, sometimes consciously, sometimes unconsciously, toward this end.
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
This quote illustrates Roosevelt's belief in the gradual development of self-governance among peoples.
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