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Not merely the Anarchist, but every man of Anarchistic tendencies, all violent and disorderly people, all people of bad character, the incompetent, the lazy, the vicious, the physically unfit, defective, or degenerate should be kept out.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt outlines the types of individuals he believes should be excluded from immigration.

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