Teddy Roosevelt: “This Government is emphatically a government by the people, for the…”

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This Government is emphatically a government by the people, for the people, of the people.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt defines democracy as a government that is truly representative of its people.

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Don’t you pity me. I am all right.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “This Government is emphatically a government by the people, for the people, of the people.”