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Teddy Roosevelt: “It can only come if the officers entrusted with the administration of the law remember that it is exactly as much their…”

On the recordJune 21, 1905
It can only come if the officers entrusted with the administration of the law remember that it is exactly as much their duty to protect the railroad from the public as to protect the public from the railroad.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks on Receiving the Degree of Doctor of Human Letters From Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts

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