Political Quotes

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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.
Said by
Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt condemns both the act of inflicting wrongs and the acceptance of wrongs done to oneself.

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