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Teddy Roosevelt: “We stand for enforcement of the law and for obedience to the law; our Government is a government of orderly liberty…”

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We stand for enforcement of the law and for obedience to the law; our Government is a government of orderly liberty equally alien to tyranny and to anarchy; and its foundation-stone is the observance of the law, alike by the people and by the public servants.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York
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Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt asserts the importance of law enforcement and obedience for a stable government.

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