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But in the case of our own people it has fortunately happened that the concurrence of the interests of the individual and of the whole organism has been normal throughout most of its history.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt expresses that the alignment of individual and collective interests has been a consistent theme in American history.

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