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As I have repeatedly said in Messages to the Congress and elsewhere, experience has definitely shown not merely the unwisdom but the futility of endeavoring to put a stop to all business combinations.
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Roosevelt reflects on the futility of trying to eliminate all business combinations based on experience.
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