The national government belongs to the whole American people, and where the whole American people are interested, that interest can be guarded effectively only by the national government. (Theodore Roosevelt)

The national government belongs to the whole American people, and where the whole American people are interested, that interest can be guarded effectively only by the national government.

Theodore Roosevelt

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