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Teddy Roosevelt: “The old laws and old customs which were adequate and proper to meet the old conditions need radical readjustment in…”

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The old laws and old customs which were adequate and proper to meet the old conditions need radical readjustment in order to meet these new conditions.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt argues for the need to adapt laws and customs to modern industrial conditions.

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