If the end and aim of government action is merely to accumulate general material prosperity, treating such prosperity as an end in itself and not as a means, then it is inevitable that material wealth and the masters of that wealth will dominate and control the course of national action.
Roosevelt warns against viewing material wealth as an ultimate goal, which could lead to the dominance of wealthy interests in governance.
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