On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
We have exactly the same right to regulate the conditions of life and work in factories and tenement-houses that we have to regulate fire-escapes and the like in other houses.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “We have exactly the same right to regulate the conditions of life and work in factories and tenement-houses that we have…”
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In "The Strenuous Life," Roosevelt asserts the government's equal right to regulate factory and tenement conditions as it does fire safety in other buildings.
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