The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fibre.
Roosevelt warns that reliance on government relief can lead to moral decay and weaken the nation's fabric.
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