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It makes not a particle of difference whether these crimes are committed by a capitalist or by a laborer, by a leading banker or manufacturer or railroad man, or by a leading representative of a labor union.
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Roosevelt asserts that crime should be condemned equally, regardless of the perpetrator's social or economic status.
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