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Teddy Roosevelt: “We can not possibly do our best work as a nation unless all of us know how to act in combination as well as how to act…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
We can not possibly do our best work as a nation unless all of us know how to act in combination as well as how to act each individually for himself.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Expanding on the theme of national achievement, this passage argues that collective action is as crucial as individual initiative for a nation's best work.

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