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I ask for full power to be given the Federal Government, because no single State can by legislation effectually cope with these powerful corporations engaged in interstate commerce, and, while doing them full justice, exact from them in return full justice to others.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt calls for federal authority to effectively regulate powerful corporations involved in interstate commerce.

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