Teddy Roosevelt: “This is just one of those matters which it is fatal to leave to…”

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This is just one of those matters which it is fatal to leave to unsupervised individual control.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt emphasizes the necessity of oversight in resource management to prevent environmental degradation.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “This is just one of those matters which it is fatal to leave to unsupervised individual control.”