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Teddy Roosevelt: “We must not let our national sentiment for succoring the oppressed and unfortunate of other lands lead us into that…”

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We must not let our national sentiment for succoring the oppressed and unfortunate of other lands lead us into that warped moral and mental attitude of trying to succor them at the expense of pulling down our own people.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt warns against sacrificing American interests in the name of helping foreigners.

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