Teddy Roosevelt: “Distrust the man who would persuade you that he would do you good by…”

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Distrust the man who would persuade you that he would do you good by trying to do any other man harm.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt advises skepticism towards those who claim to help one group by harming another.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “Distrust the man who would persuade you that he would do you good by trying to do any other man harm.”