Teddy Roosevelt: “We can not ask the Chinese to do to us what we are unwilling to do to…”

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We can not ask the Chinese to do to us what we are unwilling to do to them.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt stresses the importance of mutual respect and treatment in international relations with China.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “We can not ask the Chinese to do to us what we are unwilling to do to them.”