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Teddy Roosevelt: To pander to depravity inevitably means to increase the depravity.

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
To pander to depravity inevitably means to increase the depravity.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

In "The Strenuous Life," Roosevelt states a principle that accommodating moral corruption only serves to exacerbate it.

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