Teddy Roosevelt: “To have taken a single step further or faster in advance would have…”

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To have taken a single step further or faster in advance would have been folly and weakness, and might well have been crime.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt warns that advancing too quickly in granting self-governance could lead to negative consequences.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “To have taken a single step further or faster in advance would have been folly and weakness, and might well have been…”