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In accordance with a well-known sociological law, the ignorant or reckless agitator has been the really effective friend of the evils which he has been nominally opposing.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “In accordance with a well-known sociological law, the ignorant or reckless agitator has been the really effective friend…”
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Roosevelt discusses the paradox of how reckless agitators can inadvertently support the very issues they oppose.
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