On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
The result might be an oligarchy, or it might be mob rule; it mattered little which, as regards the ultimate effect, for in both cases tyranny and anarchy were sure to alternate.
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Theodore Roosevelt concludes that class-based political divisions inevitably lead to a cycle of tyranny and anarchy, regardless of whether oligarchy or mob rule prevails.
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