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Teddy Roosevelt: “Such regulation and supervision can only be effectively exercised by a sovereign whose jurisdiction is coextensive with…”

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Such regulation and supervision can only be effectively exercised by a sovereign whose jurisdiction is coextensive with the field of work of the corporations--that is, by the National Government.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He asserts that only the national government can effectively regulate large corporations.

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