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Teddy Roosevelt: “We should make it our duty to see that hereafter the power sites are kept under the control of the general Government…”

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We should make it our duty to see that hereafter the power sites are kept under the control of the general Government for the use of the people as a whole.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt advocates for government control of power sites to benefit the public rather than private interests.

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