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It would be most unfortunate for our social welfare if we should permit many honest and law-abiding citizens to feel that they had just cause for regarding our courts with hostility.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “It would be most unfortunate for our social welfare if we should permit many honest and law-abiding citizens to feel…”
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Roosevelt emphasizes the importance of public trust in the judicial system for social welfare.
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