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Each section, North, South, East, or West, has its own faults; no section can with wisdom spend its time jeering at the faults of another section; it should be busy trying to amend its own shortcomings.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “Each section, North, South, East, or West, has its own faults; no section can with wisdom spend its time jeering at the…”
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Roosevelt calls for self-reflection among regions, urging them to address their own issues rather than criticize others.
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