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Remember that the rancorous envy that hates the rich is only one side of the shield whose obverse is the insolence and arrogance that looks down on the poor.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He points out the dual nature of envy and arrogance as two sides of the same coin in class relations.

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