If the man is a good father, a good husband; if he is decent and clean in his domestic life; if he does his duty by his neighbor; if he is the kind of a man whom we are glad to have as a neighbor and to do business with, that man is a good citizen.
Roosevelt defines a good citizen as someone who fulfills their responsibilities in family and community life.
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A broken promise is bad enough in private life. It is worse in the field of politics.
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The good citizen will demand liberty for himself, and as a matter of pride, he will see to it that others receive the liberty which he thus claims as his own.
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