Session #67 · 1921–23

Speech #670283064

I am very much reminded of that when I hear his insistent demand that the law be enforced literally and rigorously. without any intelligence. without any judgmentwhy. there must be intelligence used in enforcing any law. It can be turned into a cruel weapon of oppression or it can be made the intelligent vehicle of the expression of deliberate. wellthinking men. Whenever you enforce the law literally it is cruel. The immigration law is harsh enough. You must give room to the soul of the man who is to enforce it. The gentleman from Texas wants the letter of the law enforced and the spirit of man crushed.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
MEYER LONDON
Party
S
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
670283064
Paragraph
#0
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