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Teddy Roosevelt: “In both cases there resulted violent alternations between tyranny and disorder, and a final complete loss of liberty to…”

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In both cases there resulted violent alternations between tyranny and disorder, and a final complete loss of liberty to all citizens—destruction in the end overtaking the class which had for the moment been victorious as well as that which had momentarily been defeated.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He describes the cyclical nature of tyranny and disorder leading to a loss of liberty for all citizens.

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