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Quotation from Inaugural Address (Theodore Roosevelt) by Theodore Roosevelt
“We are the heirs of the ages, and yet we have had to pay few of the penalties which in old countries are exacted by the dead hand of a bygone civilization”
Inaugural Address (Theodore Roosevelt), First paragraph (Project Gutenberg #4938)
Roosevelt contrasts America with older nations burdened by the inherited institutions of past civilizations.
Citation: "We are the heirs of the ages, and yet we have had to pay few of the penalties which in old countries are exacted by the dead hand of a bygone civilization" — Theodore Roosevelt, Inaugural Address (Theodore Roosevelt), First paragraph (Project Gutenberg #4938). (id theodore-roosevelt-inaugural-address-q4)
