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Teddy Roosevelt: “The only way by which, in the long run, any man can be helped is by teaching him to help himself.”

On the recordAugust 26, 1902
The only way by which, in the long run, any man can be helped is by teaching him to help himself.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks in Waterville, Maine

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