Harry Truman actually said...

This is a vague and general standard and is manifestly neither adequate nor appropriate as a criterion for waiving the protection afforded the public by the antitrust laws.

Context

Veto of Bill To Exempt Certain Carriers in Interstate Commerce From the Antitrust Laws

06/11/1948

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