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Teddy Roosevelt: “It is idle to hold that without good laws evils such as child labor, as the over-working of women, as the failure to…”

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It is idle to hold that without good laws evils such as child labor, as the over-working of women, as the failure to protect employees from loss of life or limb, can be effectively reached, any more than the evils of rebates and stock-watering can be reached without good laws.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt argues that without good laws, serious social evils cannot be effectively addressed.

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