Teddy Roosevelt: “The man who controls its use can not be permitted to control it in his…”

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The man who controls its use can not be permitted to control it in his own interest alone.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt asserts that control over commerce must not serve only individual interests but the public good.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “The man who controls its use can not be permitted to control it in his own interest alone.”