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Teddy Roosevelt: “Until the American people themselves become more National and less local, until constituencies cease to regard their…”

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Until the American people themselves become more National and less local, until constituencies cease to regard their Congressmen as solicitors at the National Treasury, Congress will continue to enact iniquitous groups of local favors into National legislation.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt critiques the local interests that hinder effective national governance.

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