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Everything that tends to deaden individual initiative is to be avoided, and unless in a given case there is some very evident gain which will flow from State or municipal ownership, it should not be adopted.
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Roosevelt emphasizes the importance of individual initiative and cautions against state ownership unless it clearly benefits the public.
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