The true friend of property, the true conservative, is he who insists that property shall be the servant and not the master of the commonwealth; who insists that the creature of man's making shall be the servant and not the master of the man who made it. The citizens of the United States must effectively control the mighty commercial forces which they have called into being. There can be no effective control of corporations while their political activity remains. To put an end to it will be neither a short nor an easy task, but it can be done.

Theodore Roosevelt (more by this author)

1858-1919 (Age at death: 61 approx.)

Twenty-sixth President, United States of America

Country: United States

Type: Prose
Context: Speech
Source: http://teachingamericanhistory.org/libra
Uttered: 1910

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