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Teddy Roosevelt: “He is in no sense, in no shape or way, a “product of social conditions,” save as a highwayman is “produced” by the fact…”

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He is in no sense, in no shape or way, a “product of social conditions,” save as a highwayman is “produced” by the fact that an unarmed man happens to have a purse.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt compares anarchists to highwaymen, suggesting they are not products of social conditions but rather choose their path.

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