On the recordAugust 29, 1902
Violence of the individual, above all, violence of a mob—that type of violence—is incompatible with free government, with free and orderly liberty in our republic.
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presidency.ucsb.eduViolence of the individual, above all, violence of a mob—that type of violence—is incompatible with free government, with free and orderly liberty in our republic.
Remarks in Windsor, Vermont
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