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Teddy Roosevelt: “When we come to deal with great corporations the need for the Government to act directly is far greater than in the case…”

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When we come to deal with great corporations the need for the Government to act directly is far greater than in the case of labor, because great corporations can become such only by engaging in interstate commerce, and interstate commerce is peculiarly the field of the General Government.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt argues that government intervention is crucial in regulating large corporations involved in interstate commerce.

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