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Teddy Roosevelt: “But there must likewise be no such abuse of the injunctive power as is implied in forbidding laboring men to strive for…”

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But there must likewise be no such abuse of the injunctive power as is implied in forbidding laboring men to strive for their own betterment in peaceful and lawful ways; nor must the injunction be used merely to aid some big corporation in carrying out schemes for its own aggrandizement.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt cautions against the misuse of injunctions that hinder workers' rights to improve their conditions.

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