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Teddy Roosevelt: “He will not and cannot do this if our laws are so defective that in the sharp competition of the business world the…”

On the recordJanuary 29, 1905
He will not and cannot do this if our laws are so defective that in the sharp competition of the business world the conscientious man is put at a disadvantage by his less scrupulous fellows.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Forty-Second Anniversary Banquet of the Union League Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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