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Teddy Roosevelt: “To deny any man the fair treatment granted to others no better than he is to commit a wrong upon him—a wrong sure to…”

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To deny any man the fair treatment granted to others no better than he is to commit a wrong upon him—a wrong sure to react in the long run upon those guilty of such denial.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt warns that denying fair treatment to any individual is a moral wrong that ultimately harms society as a whole.

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