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Teddy Roosevelt: “A man who does a wrongful act sins against the State as well as against himself.”

On the recordMay 29, 1903
A man who does a wrongful act sins against the State as well as against himself.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks in Laramie, Wyoming

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