Teddy Roosevelt: “Every generous impulse in us revolts at the thought of thrusting down…”

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Every generous impulse in us revolts at the thought of thrusting down instead of helping up such a man.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt expresses the moral imperative to uplift those in need rather than push them down.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “Every generous impulse in us revolts at the thought of thrusting down instead of helping up such a man.”