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Teddy Roosevelt: “The fortunes amassed through corporate organization are now so large, and vest such power in those that wield them, as…”

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The fortunes amassed through corporate organization are now so large, and vest such power in those that wield them, as to make it a matter of necessity to give to the sovereign--that is, to the Government, which represents the people as a whole--some effective power of supervision over their corporate use.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt calls for government supervision over large corporate powers to protect public interest.

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