A law may be unwise and improper; but it should not for these reasons be declared unconstitutional by a strained interpretation, for the result of such action is to take away from the people at large their sense of responsibility and ultimately to destroy their capacity for orderly self restraint and self government.
Roosevelt argues that laws should not be declared unconstitutional simply because they are unwise, as this undermines public responsibility.
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