Teddy Roosevelt: “All men are not merely wicked, but foolish, if they ask privileges to…”

On the recordJune 3, 1903

All men are not merely wicked, but foolish, if they ask privileges to violate the law.

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Republican · New York

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Remarks at the Dedication of the State Arsenal in Springfield, Illinois

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Teddy Roosevelt: “All men are not merely wicked, but foolish, if they ask privileges to violate the law.”