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Teddy Roosevelt: “It is right to remember the interests of the individual, but it is right also to remember the interests of that great…”

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It is right to remember the interests of the individual, but it is right also to remember the interests of that great mass of individuals embodied in the public, in the government.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt highlights the importance of considering both individual and public interests in governance.

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