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Teddy Roosevelt: “Moreover, the minute that a move is made in politics, the people who are helped and those who would help them grow to…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
Moreover, the minute that a move is made in politics, the people who are helped and those who would help them grow to have a common interest which is genuine and absorbing instead of being in any degree artificial, and this will bring them together as nothing else would.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

From an essay on the strenuous life, this passage explains how political action fosters genuine common interests and unity between those giving and receiving help.

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