Each president has attempted to improve the lives of consumers by regulating the products and services provided by these large corporations. Furthermore, they each supported the development of graduated income and inheritance taxes in order to fuel their activist governments and prevent the development of an entrepreneurial aristocracy. Eventually, liberals like Roosevelt and Wilson broke their feelings toward big business; Roosevelt understood its advantages and wanted to maintain them by improving its character. Wilson believed that large corporations eliminated the ability of middle-class Americans and other businesses to enter the market, which he found completely undemocratic. Therefore, it can be seen how during the early 20th century there were varying levels of hostility and support towards big business, leading to the republican revival before the Great War.