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Base is the man who inflicts a wrong, and base is the man who suffers a wrong to be done him.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “Base is the man who inflicts a wrong, and base is the man who suffers a wrong to be done him.”
Editor's note · Context
Roosevelt condemns both the act of inflicting wrongs and the acceptance of wrongs done to oneself.
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