Harry TrumanSelfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles.
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To be selfish or greedy is to act in ways that hurt others. For example, if you don’t share your toys with the other kids, you are being selfish. If you take more than your fair share of food, you are being greedy. You can feel this way about yourself or about others; it doesn’t matter which.
The important thing is that you recognize that some people are hurting themselves while others are hurting others. That makes all the difference in the world.
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