Teddy Roosevelt: “It is no light task for a nation to achieve the temperamental…”

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It is no light task for a nation to achieve the temperamental qualities without which the institutions of free government are but an empty mockery.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt discusses the essential qualities needed for a nation to maintain free government.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “It is no light task for a nation to achieve the temperamental qualities without which the institutions of free…”