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Teddy Roosevelt: “It would be a criminal absurdity; and yet our opponents have pledged themselves thereto.”

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It would be a criminal absurdity; and yet our opponents have pledged themselves thereto.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt criticizes opponents who would abandon the Moro people, emphasizing the importance of maintaining order and responsibility.

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