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Teddy Roosevelt: “You can frame laws and have a good constitution, and after all has been done that you can do in that way you have…”

On the recordAugust 28, 1902
You can frame laws and have a good constitution, and after all has been done that you can do in that way you have accomplished simply the creating of conditions which render it possible to have good citizenship.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks in Newport, New Hampshire

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