Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

We are bound in honor to try to remedy injustice; but if we are wise we will seek to remedy it in practical ways.

You need first of all to distribute the water in space through the irrigating ditches, and then to preserve it in time by storage in reservo...

The most unsafe adviser to follow is the man who would advise us to do wrong in order that we may benefit by it.

The law is no respecter of persons.