Teddy Roosevelt: “In this country of ours the Government can no more rise higher than…”

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In this country of ours the Government can no more rise higher than those who make it than a stream can rise higher than its source.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt asserts that the quality of government is directly tied to the character of its citizens.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “In this country of ours the Government can no more rise higher than those who make it than a stream can rise higher than…”