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Teddy Roosevelt: “The ideal should be the just, the generous, the broad-minded man who is as incapable of arrogance if rich as he is of…”

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The ideal should be the just, the generous, the broad-minded man who is as incapable of arrogance if rich as he is of malignant envy and hatred if poor.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt advocates for a just and broad-minded individual, regardless of wealth or poverty.

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