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Bill Taft: “The Nation is now too matured to continue in its foreign relations those temporary expedients natural to a people to…”

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The Nation is now too matured to continue in its foreign relations those temporary expedients natural to a people to whom domestic affairs are the sole concern.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Taft argues for a more mature approach to foreign relations as the nation has grown.

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