Teddy Roosevelt: “I expect and demand in the name of the Nation much more from you who…”

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I expect and demand in the name of the Nation much more from you who have had training of the mind than from those of mere wealth.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt states that he expects more from those educated than from those who are merely wealthy.

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