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A policy with so slender a basis of principle would not stand the strain of a single year of business adversity.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “A policy with so slender a basis of principle would not stand the strain of a single year of business adversity.”
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Roosevelt critiques policies that lack a solid foundation, suggesting they won't survive economic challenges.
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