Teddy Roosevelt: “The most unsafe adviser to follow is the man who would advise us to do…”

On the recordMay 26, 1903

The most unsafe adviser to follow is the man who would advise us to do wrong in order that we may benefit by it.

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Republican · New York

Source

Remarks at Columbia Gardens in Butte, Montana

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Teddy Roosevelt: “The most unsafe adviser to follow is the man who would advise us to do wrong in order that we may benefit by it.”