Teddy Roosevelt: “Happiness can not come to any man capable of enjoying true happiness…”

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Happiness can not come to any man capable of enjoying true happiness unless it comes as the sequel to duty well and honestly done.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt believes that true happiness is a result of fulfilling one's duties.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “Happiness can not come to any man capable of enjoying true happiness unless it comes as the sequel to duty well and…”