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Teddy Roosevelt: “If we fail in it then it is our responsibility, not yours.”

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If we fail in it then it is our responsibility, not yours.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He asserts that any failure in responsibility ultimately falls on the leaders, not the medical personnel.

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