If our great corporations would more scrupulously observe their…

If our great corporations would more scrupulously observe their legal limitations and duties, they would have less cause to complain of the unlawful limitations of their rights or of violent interference with their operations.

Benjamin Harrison

Inaugural Address of Benjamin Harrison · 1889

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Harrison, Benjamin. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1889, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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