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Teddy Roosevelt: “It is unfortunate that our present laws should forbid all combinations, instead of sharply discriminating between those…”

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It is unfortunate that our present laws should forbid all combinations, instead of sharply discriminating between those combinations which do good and those combinations which do evil.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt argues for a legal framework that distinguishes between beneficial and harmful business combinations.

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