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If the farmer and the wage-worker are well off, it is absolutely certain that all others will be well off too.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt asserts that the prosperity of farmers and wage-workers is essential for the prosperity of all.

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