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FDR: “I would hate to destroy his looks, you know; he could have a perfectly good tail if you cut the muscle in it.”

On the recordJanuary 13, 1938
I would hate to destroy his looks, you know; he could have a perfectly good tail if you cut the muscle in it.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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