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Teddy Roosevelt: “More than that no man is entitled to, and less than that no man shall have.”

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More than that no man is entitled to, and less than that no man shall have.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt defines the limits of entitlement and fairness in society.

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