Teddy Roosevelt: “We who make up the mass of the people can not shift the responsibility…”

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We who make up the mass of the people can not shift the responsibility from our own shoulders.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt emphasizes that the mass of the people cannot evade their own responsibility for societal issues.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “We who make up the mass of the people can not shift the responsibility from our own shoulders.”