Teddy Roosevelt: “The man who does nothing cuts the same sordid figure in the pages of…”

On the recordApril 22, 1910

The man who does nothing cuts the same sordid figure in the pages of history, whether he be cynic, or fop, or voluptuary.

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Republican · New York

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Address at the Sorbonne in Paris, France: Citizenship in a Republic

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Teddy Roosevelt: “The man who does nothing cuts the same sordid figure in the pages of history, whether he be cynic, or fop, or…”