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It is absolutely essential if we are to have the proper standard of public life that promise shall be square with performance.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “It is absolutely essential if we are to have the proper standard of public life that promise shall be square with…”
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Roosevelt stresses the importance of aligning promises with actions to maintain a proper standard of public life.
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