Teddy Roosevelt said "No business community can permanently succeed if the average member of it does not possess a certain quantity of high ideals;" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMay 9, 1905

No business community can permanently succeed if the average member of it does not possess a certain quantity of high ideals;

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Republican · New York

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Remarks Before the Merchants Club in Chicago, Illinois

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