Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

If a man is not decent, is not square and honest, then the possession of ability only serves to render him more dangerous to the community; as a wild beast grows more dangerous the stronger and fiercer he is.

Context

Remarks in Northfield, Massachusetts

08/31/1902

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