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The foreign relations of the United States actually and potentially affect the state of the Union to a degree not widely realized and hardly surpassed by any other factor in the welfare of the whole Nation.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Taft highlights the significant impact of foreign relations on the welfare of the nation.

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