Teddy Roosevelt: “He saw that lawlessness in all its forms was the handmaiden of…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900

He saw that lawlessness in all its forms was the handmaiden of tyranny.

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Republican · New York

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Attributing a key insight to Grant, this passage states his understanding that lawlessness inevitably leads to tyranny.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “He saw that lawlessness in all its forms was the handmaiden of tyranny.”