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Every new social relation begets a new type of wrongdoing--of sin, to use an old-fashioned word--and many years always elapse before society is able to turn this sin into crime which can be effectively punished at law.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt reflects on the evolving nature of social relations and their implications for wrongdoing and law.

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