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Teddy Roosevelt: “Business success, whether for the individual or for the Nation, is a good thing only so far as it is accompanied by and…”

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Business success, whether for the individual or for the Nation, is a good thing only so far as it is accompanied by and develops a high standard of conduct--honor, integrity, civic courage.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He emphasizes that true business success must be accompanied by high ethical standards and civic responsibility.

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