Teddy Roosevelt said "But even where the real criminal is reached, the wrong done by the mob to the community itself is wellnigh as great." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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But even where the real criminal is reached, the wrong done by the mob to the community itself is wellnigh as great.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt highlights that even when the guilty are punished, the community suffers greatly from mob actions.

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