Teddy Roosevelt: “Respect for the law is essential to the permanence of our…”

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Respect for the law is essential to the permanence of our institutions; and respect for the law is largely conditioned upon respect for the courts.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt asserts that respect for the law and courts is vital for the stability of democratic institutions.

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