The Freedom Scale

The Freedom Scale

An Appalling Quote from Teddy Roosevelt

You do not have a right to say no?

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Christopher Cook
May 10, 2023
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“Every man must devote a reasonable share of his time doing his duty in the political life of the community. No man has the right to shirk his political duties under whatever plea of ​​pleasure or business …The first duty of an American citizen, then, is that he must work in politics.”

—Theodore Roosevelt

This quote—an excerpt from Roosevelt’s "Duties of …

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