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FDR: “Whatever danger there may be to the property and profits of the many, if there be any danger, comes not from…”

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Whatever danger there may be to the property and profits of the many, if there be any danger, comes not from government's attitude toward business but from restraints now imposed upon business by private monopolies and financial oligarchies.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt warns that the real threat to business comes from monopolies, not government policies.

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