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Teddy Roosevelt: “I ask for that type of honesty, I ask for militant honesty, for the honesty of the kind that makes those who have it…”

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I ask for that type of honesty, I ask for militant honesty, for the honesty of the kind that makes those who have it discontented with themselves as long as they have failed to do everything that in them lies to stamp out dishonesty wherever it can be found, in high place or in low.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt calls for a proactive and militant honesty that seeks to eradicate dishonesty.

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