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Teddy Roosevelt: “If, therefore, the less fortunate man is moved by envy of his more fortunate brother to strike at the conditions under…”

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If, therefore, the less fortunate man is moved by envy of his more fortunate brother to strike at the conditions under which they have both, though unequally, prospered, the result will assuredly be that while danger may come to the one struck at, it will visit with an even heavier load the one who strikes the blow.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He warns against envy leading to actions that could harm both the envious and the successful.

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