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“It is no use to preach to [children] if you do not act decently yourself.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

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Source

Title
Wikiquote: Theodore Roosevelt
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Context

Speech to Holy Name Society, Oyster Bay, August 16, 1903

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Roosevelt, Theodore. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Theodore Roosevelt. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt

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