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