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Teddy Roosevelt: “Our laws should be so drawn as to protect and encourage corporations which do their honest duty by the public; and to…”

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Our laws should be so drawn as to protect and encourage corporations which do their honest duty by the public; and to discriminate sharply against those organized in a spirit of mere greed, or for improper speculative purposes.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt emphasizes the importance of laws that support ethical corporations while penalizing those driven by greed.

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