Teddy Roosevelt: “Usually the difference is not that he is morally stronger, but that he…”

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Usually the difference is not that he is morally stronger, but that he is intellectually weaker.

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Republican · New York

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He suggests that the perceived strength of extremists may actually stem from a lack of intellectual depth.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “Usually the difference is not that he is morally stronger, but that he is intellectually weaker.”