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Let justice be both sure and swift; but let it be justice under the law, and not the wild and crooked savagery of a mob.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “Let justice be both sure and swift; but let it be justice under the law, and not the wild and crooked savagery of a mob.”
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Roosevelt calls for justice that is swift yet lawful, contrasting it with mob violence.
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