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Moreover, if the tariff laws as a whole work well, and if business has prospered under them and is prospering, it is better to endure for a time slight inconveniences and inequalities in some schedules than to upset business by too quick and too radical changes.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He argues for maintaining effective tariff laws despite minor inconveniences to avoid disrupting business.

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