On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
No prosperity and no glory can save a nation that is rotten at heart.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “No prosperity and no glory can save a nation that is rotten at heart.”
Editor's note · Context
From "The Strenuous Life," Roosevelt warns that material success cannot compensate for a nation's fundamental moral decay.
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