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Teddy Roosevelt: “The abolition of the present fee system, whereby the native is degraded, imposed upon, and taught the injustice of law.”

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The abolition of the present fee system, whereby the native is degraded, imposed upon, and taught the injustice of law.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt criticizes a fee system that he believes degrades native peoples and undermines the law's integrity.

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