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Teddy Roosevelt: “Violent prejudice exists towards corporate activity and capital today, much of it founded in reason, more in…”

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Violent prejudice exists towards corporate activity and capital today, much of it founded in reason, more in apprehension, and a large measure is due to the personal traits of arbitrary, unreasonable, incompetent, and offensive men in positions of authority.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York
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Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt identifies the root causes of public prejudice against corporate activity.

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