Teddy Roosevelt: “We have good Scriptural authority for the statement that it is not…”

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We have good Scriptural authority for the statement that it is not what comes into a man’s mouth but what goes out of it that counts.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt cites a biblical principle about the importance of one's words over mere consumption.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “We have good Scriptural authority for the statement that it is not what comes into a man’s mouth but what goes out of it…”