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Teddy Roosevelt: “The President’s duty is to serve the country in accordance with the Constitution; and I should be derelict in my duty if…”

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The President’s duty is to serve the country in accordance with the Constitution; and I should be derelict in my duty if I used a false construction of the Constitution as a shield for weakness and timidity, or as an excuse for governmental impotence.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt asserts that the President must act in accordance with the Constitution and not use it as an excuse for inaction.

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