Teddy Roosevelt: “I believe that material wealth is an exceedingly valuable servant, and…”

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I believe that material wealth is an exceedingly valuable servant, and a particularly abhorrent master, in our National life.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt emphasizes the dual nature of wealth as both a tool and a potential source of tyranny in society.

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