On the record
Some antiquated and outworn rules, which once safeguarded the threatened rights of private citizens, now merely work harm to the general body politic.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Roosevelt argues that outdated legal rules can harm the public rather than protect individual rights.
Share
More from Teddy Roosevelt
Apr 22, 1910
We are bound in honor to strive to bring ever nearer the day when, as far as is humanly possible, we shall be able to realize the ideal that each man shall have an equal opportunity to show the stuff that is in him by the way in which he…
Aug 30, 1910
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
Aug 30, 1910
I speak of the men of the past partly that they may be honored by our praise of them, but more that they may serve as examples for the future.
Other voices in this conversation
