Teddy Roosevelt: “The greatest problem before our people, as before every modern people…”

On the recordJune 20, 1905

The greatest problem before our people, as before every modern people, is the problem of getting justice as between man and man.

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Republican · New York

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Remarks on Receiving the Degree of LL.D. From Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts

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Teddy Roosevelt: “The greatest problem before our people, as before every modern people, is the problem of getting justice as between man…”