Teddy Roosevelt: “Moreover, there must be the public opinion back of the laws or the…”

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Moreover, there must be the public opinion back of the laws or the laws themselves will be of no avail.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt stresses the necessity of public opinion to support the effectiveness of laws.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “Moreover, there must be the public opinion back of the laws or the laws themselves will be of no avail.”