Question

"No one is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it"- Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of United States of America. Explain this quotation.​

Answer 1

Answer:

This quotation means that laws should apply equally to every citizen.

Explanation:

This quote is taken from a message President Theodore Roosevelt delivered to Congress in 1903. He was explaining that the law applies to everyone including corporations and labor unions and not just individuals. This was a time in history where the corporations had built a lot of power and were using their influence to try to circumvent laws, these large corporations were called trusts and Roosevelt believed that their monopoly on power could hurt the public interest. He believed that where the Federal Government had jurisdiction it should stop the misconduct. The power or position of the corporation or union should not be considered only if their behavior or practices are in accordance with the law of the land.   The trusts were examples like Andrew Carnegie and other producers in U.S. Steel and John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company.  We are all guaranteed our liberty to do as we like with our property or labor, so long as we do not infringe the rights of other citizens.