The people as a whole can be benefited morally and materially by a system which shall permit of ample reward for exceptional efficiency, but which shall nevertheless secure to the average man who does his work faithfully and well, the reward to which he is entitled.
Roosevelt believes in rewarding exceptional effort while ensuring fair compensation for the average worker.
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I deeply appreciate your letter, and I realize to the full the heavy responsibility it puts upon me.
Like all other good citizens, I accept the result with entire good humor and contentment.
No man is worth his salt in public life who makes on the stump a pledge which he does not keep after election; and, if he makes such a pledge and does not keep it, hunt him out of public life.
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