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Teddy Roosevelt: “Too often you see the man, and I am sorry to say the woman, who says, “I have had to work hard; my sons and my daughters…”

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Too often you see the man, and I am sorry to say the woman, who says, “I have had to work hard; my sons and my daughters shall have an easy time.” Such a man or woman is preparing ruin for the children about whom this is said.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt warns against the dangers of providing children with an easy life, which can lead to their downfall.

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