Teddy Roosevelt: “It is true of the Nation, as of the individual, that the greatest doer…”

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It is true of the Nation, as of the individual, that the greatest doer must also be a great dreamer.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt posits that great achievers must also be visionary thinkers.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “It is true of the Nation, as of the individual, that the greatest doer must also be a great dreamer.”