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Bill Taft: “We believe that this benefit is best accomplished by popular government, because in the long run each class of…”

On the recordAugust 14, 1911
We believe that this benefit is best accomplished by popular government, because in the long run each class of individuals is apt to secure better provision for themselves through their own voice in government than through the altruistic interest of others, however intelligent or philanthropic.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval a Joint Resolution for the Admission of the Territories...

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