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Teddy Roosevelt: “Much of this intolerable delay is due to improper regard paid to technicalities which are a mere hindrance to justice.”

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Much of this intolerable delay is due to improper regard paid to technicalities which are a mere hindrance to justice.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt criticizes the excessive focus on technicalities that hinder justice.

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