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But while I freely admit all this, it yet remains true that a corporation which derives its powers from the State should pay to the State a just percentage of its earnings as a return for the privileges it enjoys.
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Roosevelt asserts that corporations benefiting from state privileges should contribute a fair share of their earnings back to the state.
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