Teddy Roosevelt: “It is morally as indefensible for a nation to commit a wrong upon…”

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It is morally as indefensible for a nation to commit a wrong upon another nation, strong or weak, as for an individual thus to wrong his fellows.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt equates the moral wrong of nations committing injustices to individuals wronging others.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “It is morally as indefensible for a nation to commit a wrong upon another nation, strong or weak, as for an individual…”