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Teddy Roosevelt: So far from its being a hurt to any one section to see another section prosper, we can on the contrary count it as…

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So far from its being a hurt to any one section to see another section prosper, we can on the contrary count it as certain that if a part of this country prospers much the rest of the country will as a whole feel some good effects from the result of the prosperity.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt argues that the prosperity of one region positively impacts the entire nation.

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