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.
Roosevelt contrasts those who seek to rise by wronging others with those who strive for justice for all.
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I wish to say that the Progressive Party is making its appeal to all our fellow citizens without any regard to their creed or to their birthplace.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles.
I want every labor man, every labor leader, every organized union man, to take the lead in denouncing crime or violence.
One of the chief principles for which I have stood, and for which I now stand, and which I have always endeavored and always shall endeavor to reduce to action, is the genuine rule of the people.
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