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Teddy Roosevelt: “Great fortunes have been won by those who have taken the lead in this phenomenal industrial development, and most of…”

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Great fortunes have been won by those who have taken the lead in this phenomenal industrial development, and most of these fortunes have been won not by doing evil, but as an incident to action which has benefited the community as a whole.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt acknowledges that great fortunes have been made through industrial development, benefiting society overall.

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