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Teddy Roosevelt: “You have received from their hands a great inheritance, and you will leave an even greater inheritance to your children…”

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You have received from their hands a great inheritance, and you will leave an even greater inheritance to your children, and your children’s children, provided only that you practice alike in your private and your public lives the strong virtues that have given us as a people greatness in the past.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

This quote speaks to the legacy of responsibility and virtues passed down through generations.

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