On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
The man who is taken in by, or demands, impossible promises is not much less culpable than the politician who deliberately makes such promises and then breaks faith.
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From his essay on civic duty, Roosevelt argues that citizens who demand or fall for impossible promises are nearly as blameworthy as the politicians who make them.
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