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Teddy Roosevelt: “Until the National Government obtains, in some manner which the wisdom of the Congress may suggest, proper control over…”

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Until the National Government obtains, in some manner which the wisdom of the Congress may suggest, proper control over the big corporations engaged in interstate commerce--that is, over the great majority of the big corporations--it will be impossible to deal adequately with these evils.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt argues for the necessity of federal control over large corporations to address economic issues.

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