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Fundamentally, our chief problem may be summed up as the effort to make men, as nearly as they can be made, both free and equal; the freedom and equality necessarily resting on a basis of justice and brotherhood.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “Fundamentally, our chief problem may be summed up as the effort to make men, as nearly as they can be made, both free…”
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Roosevelt articulates the fundamental challenge of achieving both freedom and equality in society.
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