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Teddy Roosevelt: “If he does not have it, no matter what other qualities he may have, he will find himself at the mercy of those who…”

On the recordApril 18, 1902
If he does not have it, no matter what other qualities he may have, he will find himself at the mercy of those who, without possessing his desire to do right, know only too well how to make the wrong effective.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks at the Banquet at Sherry's in Honor of Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University in New York...

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