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Teddy Roosevelt: “I ask you to remember that you can not retain your self-respect if you are loose and foul of tongue, that a man who is…”

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I ask you to remember that you can not retain your self-respect if you are loose and foul of tongue, that a man who is to lead a clean and honorable life must inevitably suffer if his speech likewise is not clean and honorable.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt warns that self-respect is compromised by foul language, linking speech to one's moral standing.

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