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Teddy Roosevelt: “So likewise the man who wishes to rise by wronging others must by right be contrasted, not with the man who likewise…”

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So likewise the man who wishes to rise by wronging others must by right be contrasted, not with the man who likewise wishes to do wrong, though to a different set of people, but with the man who wishes to do justice to all people and to wrong none.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt contrasts those who seek to rise by wronging others with those who strive for justice for all.

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