Teddy Roosevelt said "For material well-being, material prosperity, success in arts, in letters, great industrial triumphs, all of them and all of the structures raised thereon will be as evanescent as a dream if they do not rest on “the righteousness that exalteth a nation." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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For material well-being, material prosperity, success in arts, in letters, great industrial triumphs, all of them and all of the structures raised thereon will be as evanescent as a dream if they do not rest on “the righteousness that exalteth a nation.

Said by

Teddy Roosevelt

Republican · New York

Source

gutenberg.org

Editor's note · Context

This quote reflects Roosevelt's belief in the moral foundation necessary for national prosperity.

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