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Teddy Roosevelt: “The borderer, rude, suspicious, and impatient of discipline, looks with distrust and with a mixture of sneering envy and…”

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The borderer, rude, suspicious, and impatient of discipline, looks with distrust and with a mixture of sneering envy and of hostility upon the officer; while the latter, with his rigid training and his fixed ideals, feels little sympathy for the other's good points, and is contemptuously aware of his numerous failings.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

This quote illustrates the mutual distrust and contempt between frontiersmen and army officers, emphasizing their contrasting lifestyles and values.

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