There is a widespread conviction in the minds of the American people that the great corporations known as trusts are in certain of their features and tendencies hurtful to the general welfare. This springs from no spirit of envy or uncharitableness, nor lack of pride in the great industrial achievements that have placed this country at the head of the nations struggling for commercial supremacy It is based upon sincere conviction that combination and concentration should be, not prohibited, but supervised and within reasonable limits controlled; and in my judgment this conviction is right. -1901 State of the Union address, Theodore Roosevelt According to Roosevelt, Americans dislike trusts because the trusts are the general welfare. Roosevelt says that Americans have great v in the achievements of corporations from the Industrial Revolution. According to Roosevelt, corporations should not be punished too but they should