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Teddy Roosevelt: “The perils that threatened them were lawlessness, lack of order, and lack of capacity to concentrate their efforts in…”

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The perils that threatened them were lawlessness, lack of order, and lack of capacity to concentrate their efforts in time of danger from within or from an external enemy; and against these perils they made no provision whatever.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt identifies the internal and external dangers faced by the settlers as a significant concern.

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