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Teddy Roosevelt: “I believe that the more farsighted corporations are themselves coming to recognize the unwisdom of the violent hostility…”

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I believe that the more farsighted corporations are themselves coming to recognize the unwisdom of the violent hostility they have displayed during the last few years to regulation and control by the National Government of combinations engaged in interstate business.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt believes that corporations are beginning to see the value in government regulation rather than opposing it.

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