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Teddy Roosevelt: “Various degrees of moral guilt are involved in the multitudinous actions of this kind; but, after all, directly or…”

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Various degrees of moral guilt are involved in the multitudinous actions of this kind; but, after all, directly or indirectly, every such case comes dangerously near the border-line of the commandment which, in forbidding theft, certainly by implication forbids the connivance at theft, or the failure to punish it.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

In this quote, Roosevelt discusses the moral complexities surrounding actions that may indirectly support theft or corruption.

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