Political Quotes

Teddy Roosevelt: “This would stop the influx of cheap labor, and the resulting competition which gives rise to so much of bitterness in…”

On the record
This would stop the influx of cheap labor, and the resulting competition which gives rise to so much of bitterness in American industrial life; and it would dry up the springs of the pestilential social conditions in our great cities, where anarchistic organizations have their greatest possibility of growth.
Said by
Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt believes that stricter immigration laws would reduce competition and improve social conditions in cities.

Share

More from Teddy Roosevelt

Nov 4, 1912

The American people by a great plurality have conferred upon you the highest honor in their gift.

presidency.ucsb.edu

Other voices in this conversation