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Teddy Roosevelt: Either they will have to submit to reasonable supervision and regulation by the national authorities, or else they will…

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Either they will have to submit to reasonable supervision and regulation by the national authorities, or else they will ultimately have to submit to governmental action of a far more drastic type.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt outlines the consequences for corporations that refuse to accept reasonable regulation.

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