| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 47078 |
| QUOTATION: | The American people abhor a vacuum. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Theodore Roosevelt (18581919), U.S. Republican (later Progressive) politician, president. speech, Oct. 3, 1907, Cairo, Ill. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Roosevelt Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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