It could not be otherwise when brutal, reckless, lawless borderers, despising all men not of their own color, were thrown in contact with savages who esteemed cruelty and treachery as the highest of virtues, and rapine and murder as the worthiest of pursuits.
This quote highlights the inevitable clash between settlers and Native Americans, driven by differing values and brutal practices.
Share
More from Teddy Roosevelt
I deeply appreciate your letter, and I realize to the full the heavy responsibility it puts upon me.
The good citizen will demand liberty for himself, and as a matter of pride, he will see to it that others receive the liberty which he thus claims as his own.
Therefore I hope that so far as possible the people may be given the chance, through direct primaries, to express their preference as to who shall be the nominee of the Republican Presidential Convention.
Other voices in this conversation
