Teddy Roosevelt: “The law must not only be correct in the abstract; it must work well in…”

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The law must not only be correct in the abstract; it must work well in the concrete.

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Republican · New York

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This statement highlights the necessity for laws to be both theoretically sound and practically effective.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “The law must not only be correct in the abstract; it must work well in the concrete.”