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Teddy Roosevelt: “I have not, I am sorry to say, been able to persuade people thus to look upon even such a question as the Santo Domingo…”

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I have not, I am sorry to say, been able to persuade people thus to look upon even such a question as the Santo Domingo Treaty, which is a purely non-partisan measure; for if it was treated as it should be, purely on its merits, there would not be one shadow of opposition to or criticism of it.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt expresses frustration over the lack of bipartisan support for the Santo Domingo Treaty, which he views as beneficial.

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