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Teddy Roosevelt: “Above all they should remember that their prime needs are moral and industrial, not political.”

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Above all they should remember that their prime needs are moral and industrial, not political.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt highlights the primary needs of the Filipino people as moral and industrial rather than political.

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