Teddy Roosevelt: “The chance to do work, the duty to do work is not a penalty; it is a…”

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The chance to do work, the duty to do work is not a penalty; it is a privilege.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt expresses the idea that work is a privilege rather than a burden.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “The chance to do work, the duty to do work is not a penalty; it is a privilege.”