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Teddy Roosevelt: “Very great good has been and will be accomplished by associations or unions of wage-workers, when managed with…”

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Very great good has been and will be accomplished by associations or unions of wage-workers, when managed with forethought, and when they combine insistence upon their own rights with law-abiding respect for the rights of others.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt emphasizes the importance of organized labor advocating for their rights while respecting others' rights.

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