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Teddy Roosevelt: “When this truth is accepted as axiomatic in our politics, then, and not till then, shall we see such a moral uplifting…”

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When this truth is accepted as axiomatic in our politics, then, and not till then, shall we see such a moral uplifting of the people as will render, for instance, Tammany rule in New York, as Tammany rule now is, no more possible than it would be possible to revive the robber baronage of the Middle Ages.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt asserts that moral integrity in politics is essential to prevent corrupt governance.

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