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Teddy Roosevelt: “If corporations are to continue to do the world's work, as they are best fitted to, these qualities in their…”

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If corporations are to continue to do the world's work, as they are best fitted to, these qualities in their representatives that have resulted in the present prejudice against them must be relegated to the background.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt calls for a change in corporate representation to mitigate public prejudice.

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