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Teddy Roosevelt: “We should make the National governmental machinery an adequate and constructive instrument for constructive work in the…”

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We should make the National governmental machinery an adequate and constructive instrument for constructive work in the realization of a National democratic ideal.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt calls for an effective national government to realize a democratic ideal.

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