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Teddy Roosevelt: “Unless we continue to keep a quick and lively sense of the great fundamental truth that our concern is with the…”

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Unless we continue to keep a quick and lively sense of the great fundamental truth that our concern is with the individual worth of the individual man, this Government cannot permanently hold the place which it has achieved among the nations.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt asserts that recognizing the individual worth of each person is crucial for the government's stability and success.

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