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Teddy Roosevelt: “If this is done, then sooner or later will follow public recognition of the fact that it is done; and when there is no…”

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If this is done, then sooner or later will follow public recognition of the fact that it is done; and when there is no legitimate basis for discontent, the American public is sure sooner or later to cease to feel discontent.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt discusses the relationship between public discontent and the legitimacy of grievances in society.

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