Teddy Roosevelt: “It is idle to try to prevent such combinations. Our efforts should be…”

On the recordOctober 17, 1905

It is idle to try to prevent such combinations. Our efforts should be to see that they work for the good and not for the harm of the body politic.

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Republican · New York

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Remarks in Richmond, Virginia

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