We have always had a deep feeling of compassion--a human sympathy for the underdog, the oppressed of all lands, for all who bear heavy burdens.
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Radio Remarks on the Occasion of the Lighting of the Community Christmas Tree on the White House Grounds
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The Constitution belongs to no one group of people and to no single branch of the Government.
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 91 of the act of April 30, 1900, 31 Stat. 159, as amended by section 7 of the act of My 27, 1910, 36 Stat. 447, it is ordered as follows:
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