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Teddy Roosevelt: “Nothing revolutionary was attempted; but a common-sense and successful effort was made in the direction of seeing that…”

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Nothing revolutionary was attempted; but a common-sense and successful effort was made in the direction of seeing that corporations are so handled as to subserve the public good.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt states that the laws enacted aimed for sensible regulation of corporations for the public good.

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