In the long run each section of the community will rise or fall as the community rises or falls.
Teddy Roosevelt: “In the long run each section of the community will rise or fall as the community rises or falls.”
On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
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In "The Strenuous Life," Roosevelt emphasizes the interconnectedness of society, where the fate of individual parts is tied to the whole.
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