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Teddy Roosevelt: “I ask then that our people feel quickened within them burning indignation against wrong in every shape, and condemnation…”

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I ask then that our people feel quickened within them burning indignation against wrong in every shape, and condemnation of that wrong, whether found in private or in public life.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt urges people to feel a strong indignation against wrongdoings in all aspects of life.

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