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Teddy Roosevelt: “I believe that it is worse than folly to attempt to prohibit all combinations as is done by the Sherman anti-trust law…”

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I believe that it is worse than folly to attempt to prohibit all combinations as is done by the Sherman anti-trust law, because such a law can be enforced only imperfectly and unequally, and its enforcement works almost as much hardship as good.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt critiques the Sherman anti-trust law, arguing that it is ineffective and causes hardship.

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