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Teddy Roosevelt: “It is a sure sign of a base nature always to ascribe base motives for the actions of others.”

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It is a sure sign of a base nature always to ascribe base motives for the actions of others.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt warns against assuming that others act with base motives.

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