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Teddy Roosevelt: “Too often the Federal Government, and above all the Federal judiciary, has permitted itself to be employed for purely…”

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Too often the Federal Government, and above all the Federal judiciary, has permitted itself to be employed for purely negative purposes—that is, to thwart the action of the States while not permitting efficient National action in its place.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt critiques the role of the Federal Government in hindering state actions without providing effective national solutions.

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