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Teddy Roosevelt: “If we now let it be replaced by savage anarchy, our work has been for harm and not for good.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
If we now let it be replaced by savage anarchy, our work has been for harm and not for good.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

In "The Strenuous Life," Roosevelt warns against allowing chaos to replace previous tyranny in newly acquired territories.

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