Teddy Roosevelt said "We must strive to achieve our ideal by an exercise of governmental power which the conditions did not render necessary a century ago, and of which our forefathers would have felt suspicious." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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We must strive to achieve our ideal by an exercise of governmental power which the conditions did not render necessary a century ago, and of which our forefathers would have felt suspicious.

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Teddy Roosevelt

Republican · New York

Source

gutenberg.org

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt emphasizes the necessity of governmental action to achieve ideals that were not previously required.

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