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Teddy Roosevelt: “This well-being is due to no sudden or accidental causes, but to the play of the economic forces in this country for…”

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This well-being is due to no sudden or accidental causes, but to the play of the economic forces in this country for over a century; to our laws, our sustained and continuous policies; above all, to the high individual average of our citizenship.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt attributes the nation's well-being to long-term economic forces and the quality of its citizens.

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