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Teddy Roosevelt: “Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; is a positive good in the world.”

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Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; is a positive good in the world.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt asserts that property is a valuable outcome of labor and is beneficial for society.

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