The worst lesson that can be taught a man is to rely upon others and to whine over his sufferings. . . .
It is both foolish and wicked to teach the average man who is not well off that some wrong or injustice has been done him, and that he should hope for redress elsewhere than in his own industry, honesty and intelligence.
-Teddy Roosevelt, from this 1897 essay
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