Teddy Roosevelt: “Our people as a whole will profit, for successful home-making is but…”

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Our people as a whole will profit, for successful home-making is but another name for the upbuilding of the nation.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt connects successful home-making with national prosperity, suggesting that individual success contributes to the nation's strength.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “Our people as a whole will profit, for successful home-making is but another name for the upbuilding of the nation.”