Teddy Roosevelt: “The evils we have to fight are those in connection with industrialism…”

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The evils we have to fight are those in connection with industrialism, not militarism.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt identifies industrialism, rather than militarism, as the primary evil the nation must confront.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “The evils we have to fight are those in connection with industrialism, not militarism.”