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Teddy Roosevelt: “From the days when the chosen people received the Decalogue to our own, envy and malice have been recognized as evils…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
From the days when the chosen people received the Decalogue to our own, envy and malice have been recognized as evils, and woe to those who appeal to them.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

From his collection of essays, this quote highlights the historical and enduring recognition of envy and malice as destructive evils.

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