Teddy Roosevelt: “Poverty, disease, and crime are largely due to defects of social…”

On the recordDecember 16, 1908

Poverty, disease, and crime are largely due to defects of social conditions and surroundings.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “Poverty, disease, and crime are largely due to defects of social conditions and surroundings.”