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Teddy Roosevelt: “The more efficient a man is the more dangerous he is if that efficiency is not guided by the proper type of spirit, by…”

On the recordMay 11, 1903
The more efficient a man is the more dangerous he is if that efficiency is not guided by the proper type of spirit, by the proper sense of moral responsibility.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Address at Dedication of the Building of the Young Men's Christian Association in San Francisco, California

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