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Teddy Roosevelt: “If we substitute for the line that divides the decent man from the man who is not decent, the line dividing the rich man…”

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If we substitute for the line that divides the decent man from the man who is not decent, the line dividing the rich man from the poor man, or the line making any other artificial division, we will have done irreparable wrong to the Nation itself.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt warns against allowing socioeconomic divisions to overshadow moral integrity.

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