But when these sound political thinkers permitted their distrust of certain sections of the country to lead them into doing injustice to those sections, they in their turn deserved the same condemnation which should be meted to so many of their political foes.
This quote reflects Roosevelt's belief in the importance of fairness and justice in political discourse, regardless of regional biases.
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I care for the great deeds of the past chiefly as spurs to drive us onward in the present.
I speak of the men of the past partly that they may be honored by our praise of them, but more that they may serve as examples for the future.
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