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Teddy Roosevelt: “But the man or woman who deliberately avoids marriage and has a heart so cold as to know no passion and a brain so…”

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But the man or woman who deliberately avoids marriage and has a heart so cold as to know no passion and a brain so shallow and selfish as to dislike having children, is in effect a criminal against the race and should be an object of contemptuous abhorrence by all healthy people.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt condemns those who avoid marriage and parenthood, viewing it as a betrayal to society.

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