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Teddy Roosevelt: “The antitrust law should not prohibit combinations that do no injustice to the public, still less those the existence of…”

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The antitrust law should not prohibit combinations that do no injustice to the public, still less those the existence of which is on the whole of benefit to the public.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt argues that antitrust laws should not penalize beneficial combinations that do not harm the public.

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