Teddy Roosevelt: “No man can take part in the torture of a human being without having…”

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No man can take part in the torture of a human being without having his own moral nature permanently lowered.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt reflects on the moral degradation that comes from participating in torture.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “No man can take part in the torture of a human being without having his own moral nature permanently lowered.”