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No man or body of men preaching anarchistic doctrines should be allowed at large any more than if preaching the murder of some specified private individual.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt argues for the restriction of anarchists' freedoms, equating their ideologies with direct threats to society.

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