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Teddy Roosevelt: If true they would brand both of us forever with infamy; and inasmuch as they are false, heavy must be the condemnation…

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If true they would brand both of us forever with infamy; and inasmuch as they are false, heavy must be the condemnation of the man making them.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt warns of the severe consequences of false accusations, highlighting the importance of truth.

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