This prosperity is not the creature of law, but undoubtedly the laws under which we work have been instrumental in creating the conditions which made it possible, and by unwise legislation it would be easy enough to destroy it.
Roosevelt discusses the role of laws in creating favorable economic conditions while warning against unwise legislation.
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