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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 29, 1934

We are bringing order out of the old chaos with a greater certainty of the employment of labor at a reasonable wage and of more business at a fair profit.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 29, 1934

Private enterprise in times such as these cannot be left without assistance and without reasonable safeguards lest it destroy not only itself but also our processes of civilization.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 29, 1934

Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 29, 1934

The emergency purpose of the N.R.A. was to put men to work.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 27, 1934

It is the duty of the State to supplement, with the resources of the State, the additional needs up to the limit of the power of the State.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 27, 1934

It is that personal appeal, that personal service, which has carried us through all these trying years.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 27, 1934

The primary responsibility for community needs rests upon the community itself.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 26, 1934

The social order cannot exist except upon the basis of a respect for and observance of the law.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 26, 1934

I do hereby adopt and approve the report, recommendations, and findings of the Administrator.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 26, 1934

I hereby amend the Executive order of June 30, 1934, no. 6770, creating the Industrial Emergency Committee.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 26, 1934

Now, Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, pursuant to the authority vested in me by Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, do hereby order that the said Agreement is hereby approved.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 26, 1934

It shall be the duty of said Industrial Emergency Committee to make recommendations to the President through its Director.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 26, 1934

I tell you of my conviction that our people have both feet on the ground.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 26, 1934

The greatest achievement of the past two years in the United States has been the fact that the American people have taken a greater interest in current problems.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 26, 1934

Fortunately the overwhelming mass of the American people pay no more attention to this kind of rumor than I do.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 26, 1934

The world as a whole is making progress in meeting current problems.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 26, 1934

More and more people are doing their own thinking.

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