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Teddy Roosevelt: “The truth is that we who believe in this movement of asserting and exercising a genuine control, in the public interest…”

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The truth is that we who believe in this movement of asserting and exercising a genuine control, in the public interest, over these great corporations have to contend against two sets of enemies, who, though nominally opposed to one another, are really allies in preventing a proper solution of the problem.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He identifies two opposing forces that hinder effective regulation of corporations, despite their nominal opposition.

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