Teddy Roosevelt: “We must put down armed resistance before we can accomplish anything…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900

We must put down armed resistance before we can accomplish anything else, and there should be no parleying, no faltering, in dealing with our foe.

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Republican · New York

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In "The Strenuous Life," Roosevelt asserts the necessity of decisively suppressing armed resistance before any other work can proceed.

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