“No man can be a good citizen unless he has a wage more than sufficient to cover the bare cost of living, and hours of labor short enough so after his day’s work is done he will have time and energy to bear his share in the management of the community, to help in carrying the general load.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

1910s, The New Nationalism (1910)

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American politician, 26th president of the United States 1858–1919

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