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Teddy Roosevelt: It should always be held accountable to some sovereign, and this accountability should be real and not sham.

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It should always be held accountable to some sovereign, and this accountability should be real and not sham.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt insists that corporations must be genuinely accountable to the state.

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