FDR said "This is a great national crusade to destroy enforced idleness which is an enemy of the human spirit generated by this depression." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordApril 27, 1935

This is a great national crusade to destroy enforced idleness which is an enemy of the human spirit generated by this depression.

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