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Teddy Roosevelt: “The men who endeavor to prevent the remedying of real abuses, not only show callous disregard for the suffering of…”

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The men who endeavor to prevent the remedying of real abuses, not only show callous disregard for the suffering of others, but also weaken those who are anxious to prevent the adoption of indiscriminate would-be remedies which would subvert our whole industrial fabric.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt condemns those who obstruct the remedying of abuses, highlighting their moral failings.

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