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Teddy Roosevelt: “All cruelty is forbidden, and all harshness beyond what is called for by need.”

On the recordMay 29, 1902
All cruelty is forbidden, and all harshness beyond what is called for by need.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks on Memorial Day in Arlington, Virginia

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