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FDR: “When a great danger threatens our basic security it is my duty to advise the Congress of the way to preserve it.”

On the recordMarch 9, 1933
When a great danger threatens our basic security it is my duty to advise the Congress of the way to preserve it.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress on Economies in Government

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