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Teddy Roosevelt: “There is, however, always danger in laws of this kind, which from their very nature are difficult of enforcement; the…”

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There is, however, always danger in laws of this kind, which from their very nature are difficult of enforcement; the danger being lest they be obeyed only by the honest, and disobeyed by the unscrupulous, so as to act only as a penalty upon honest men.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt warns about the enforcement challenges of laws regulating campaign contributions.

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