Teddy Roosevelt: “The lesson is this: No good citizen can afford to countenance a…”

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The lesson is this: No good citizen can afford to countenance a defiance of the statutes, no matter what the provocation.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt emphasizes the importance of upholding the law, regardless of the circumstances.

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