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Teddy Roosevelt: “All commerce on a scale sufficiently large to warrant any control over it by Government is nowadays inter-State or…”

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All commerce on a scale sufficiently large to warrant any control over it by Government is nowadays inter-State or foreign commerce; and until this fact is heartily acknowledged, in particular by both courts and legislative bodies, National and State alike, the interest of the people will suffer.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt points out that significant commerce requires government regulation, especially in inter-state and foreign trade.

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