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Moreover, where any crime committed by a member of one race against a member of another race is avenged in such fashion that it seems as if not the individual criminal, but the whole race, is attacked, the result is to exasperate to the highest degree race feeling.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He discusses the repercussions of retaliatory violence on racial tensions and community relations.

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