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Teddy Roosevelt: “I want you now, as you graduate, to feel that on your shoulders rests a great weight of responsibility; that your…”

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I want you now, as you graduate, to feel that on your shoulders rests a great weight of responsibility; that your position is one of high honor, and that it is impossible to hold a position of high honor and not hold it under penalty of incurring the severest reprobation if you fail to live up to its requirements.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt emphasizes the importance of responsibility and honor in leadership roles.

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