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Teddy Roosevelt: “Vice in its cruder and more archaic forms shocks everybody; but there is very urgent need that public opinion should be…”

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Vice in its cruder and more archaic forms shocks everybody; but there is very urgent need that public opinion should be just as severe in condemnation of the vice which hides itself behind class or professional loyalty, or which denies that it is vice if it can escape conviction in the courts.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt calls for a strong public condemnation of hidden vices that are often overlooked due to loyalty to class or profession.

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