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Teddy Roosevelt: “Instead of punishing him by a long and doubtful process of the law after the wrong has been committed, there should be…”

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Instead of punishing him by a long and doubtful process of the law after the wrong has been committed, there should be such effective Government regulation as to check the evil tendencies at the moment that they start to develop.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt advocates for proactive government regulation to prevent corporate wrongdoing before it occurs.

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