Teddy Roosevelt: “As a people we have played a large part in the world, and we are bent…”

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As a people we have played a large part in the world, and we are bent upon making our future even larger than the past.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt expresses the ambition of the American people to expand their influence in the world.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “As a people we have played a large part in the world, and we are bent upon making our future even larger than the past.”