Teddy Roosevelt: “We have duties to others and duties to ourselves; and we can shirk…”

On the recordMarch 3, 1905

We have duties to others and duties to ourselves; and we can shirk neither.

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Republican · New York

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Inaugural Address

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Teddy Roosevelt: “We have duties to others and duties to ourselves; and we can shirk neither.”