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Teddy Roosevelt: “If there is not a foundation of material prosperity for the State, as for the individual, you cannot expect anything but…”

On the recordMay 9, 1905
If there is not a foundation of material prosperity for the State, as for the individual, you cannot expect anything but unhappiness; but woe to the State, as woe to the individual, if material prosperity is all that is sought after.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks in Dekalb, Illinois

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