Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

I ask this audience—I ask the State of Illinois—I ask the entire Union to see to it, that there is no fault in the upbuilding and the mainta...

Had it not been for the word the deeds could not have taken place; but without the deeds the word would have been the idlest breath.

Of course if the law does not do that, it fails in its duty.

Good bye and good luck.