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The anarchist is a criminal whose perverted instincts lead him to prefer confusion and chaos to the most beneficent form of social order.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt characterizes anarchists as fundamentally opposed to social order and stability.

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