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Teddy Roosevelt: Great good can never be done if it is attempted in a patronizing spirit.

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Great good can never be done if it is attempted in a patronizing spirit.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt asserts that genuine good cannot be achieved through a condescending attitude.

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