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Teddy Roosevelt: We hold work not as a curse but as a blessing, and we regard the idler with scornful pity.

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
We hold work not as a curse but as a blessing, and we regard the idler with scornful pity.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt articulates the American perspective on work as a blessing and idleness as a cause for scorn.

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