Teddy Roosevelt: “But the betterment must come through the slow workings of the same…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900

But the betterment must come through the slow workings of the same forces which always have tended for righteousness, and always will.

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Republican · New York

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Theodore Roosevelt posits that true societal improvement arises from the gradual influence of timeless moral principles.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “But the betterment must come through the slow workings of the same forces which always have tended for righteousness…”