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Teddy Roosevelt: “If a man is to be an advantage to the community in which he lives he must be a decent, square dealing man, who does…”

On the recordApril 4, 1905
If a man is to be an advantage to the community in which he lives he must be a decent, square dealing man, who does fairly by his neighbor and takes care of his family.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks in Parsons, Kansas

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