This should be so exercised that the highways of commerce and opportunity should be open to all; and not nominally open, but really open, a consistent effort being made to deprive every man of any advantage that is not due to his own superiority and efficiency, controlled by moral purpose.
Roosevelt believes that commerce should be genuinely accessible to all, promoting fairness and opportunity.
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