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The effective fight against adequate Government control and supervision of individual, and especially of corporate, wealth engaged in interstate business is chiefly done under cover; and especially under cover of an appeal to State's rights.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt discusses the covert opposition to government control of corporate wealth, often framed as a State's rights issue.

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