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Teddy Roosevelt: “All that can be said is that it is highly undesirable, on the one hand, to weaken individual initiative, and, on the…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
All that can be said is that it is highly undesirable, on the one hand, to weaken individual initiative, and, on the other hand, that in a constantly increasing number of cases we shall find it necessary in the future to shackle cunning as in the past we have shackled force.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Concluding a discussion on the role of government, this passage outlines a guiding principle for balancing individual freedom with necessary regulation.

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