On the recordJune 27, 1905
We can by statute establish only those exceedingly rough lines of morality, the overpassing of which means that the man is in jeopardy of the constable or the sheriff.
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presidency.ucsb.eduTeddy Roosevelt: “We can by statute establish only those exceedingly rough lines of morality, the overpassing of which means that the man…”
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Remarks at the Alumni Dinner of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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