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To promise to give them independence when it is “prudent” to do so, or when they are “fit” for it, of course implies that they are not fit for it now, and that it would be imprudent to give it to them now.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “To promise to give them independence when it is “prudent” to do so, or when they are “fit” for it, of course implies…”
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Roosevelt critiques the notion of conditional independence based on perceived readiness.
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