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What we need in our leaders and teachers is help in suppressing such feelings, help in arousing and directing the feelings that are their extreme opposites.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He calls for leaders and educators to help suppress negative feelings and promote positive emotions instead.

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