Teddy Roosevelt: “Of course mob violence is simply one form of anarchy; and anarchy is…”

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Of course mob violence is simply one form of anarchy; and anarchy is now, as it always has been, the handmaiden and forerunner of tyranny.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt warns that mob violence is a precursor to tyranny, linking it to the broader concept of anarchy.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “Of course mob violence is simply one form of anarchy; and anarchy is now, as it always has been, the handmaiden and…”