We no more believe in that empiricism which demand, absolutely unrestrained individualism than we do in that empiricism which clamors for a deadening socialism which would destroy all individual initiative and would ruin the country with a completeness that not even an unrestrained individualism itself could achieve.
Roosevelt critiques both extreme individualism and socialism, advocating for a balanced approach to governance.
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