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Teddy Roosevelt: “All that the law can do is to give a fair show to each man to develop the best there is in him, guarding him against…”

On the recordJune 2, 1903
All that the law can do is to give a fair show to each man to develop the best there is in him, guarding him against injustice from others, and seeing that he works no injustice in return.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks in Joliet, Illinois

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