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Teddy Roosevelt: “It can not too often be repeated that experience has conclusively shown the impossibility of securing by the actions of…”

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It can not too often be repeated that experience has conclusively shown the impossibility of securing by the actions of nearly half a hundred different State legislatures anything but ineffective chaos in the way of dealing with the great corporations which do not operate exclusively within the limits of any one State.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He argues that state-level actions are insufficient for effectively managing large corporations that operate across state lines.

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