Teddy Roosevelt: “He must avoid both under penalty of wreckage, and it avails him…”

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He must avoid both under penalty of wreckage, and it avails him nothing to have avoided one, if he founders on the other.

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Republican · New York

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This quote highlights the importance of balancing different challenges in political life to avoid failure.

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