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We owe this as an obligation to ourselves, we owe it as an obligation to all mankind.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “We owe this as an obligation to ourselves, we owe it as an obligation to all mankind.”
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He expresses the obligation of the nation to uphold its responsibilities to itself and humanity.
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