Top 10 Dumbest Quotes by Progressive Republican Hero Theodore Roosevelt

by Josh Guckert

1. “To permit every lawless capitalist, every law-defying corporation, to take any action, no matter how iniquitous, in the effort to secure an improper profit and to build up privilege, would be ruinous to the Republic and would mark the abandonment of the effort to secure in the industrial world the spirit of democratic fair dealing.”

This speech made to Congress in 1908 shows Roosevelt’s complete distrust in free markets and economic liberty. Also revealed are general threads of totalitarianism that run through so many of Roosevelt’s political theories. Based on this quote, it would appear that in his mind, private businesses should be under constant watch so that the state may determine if those businesses are engaging in practices which are deemed to be arbitrarily “fair.”

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