But, unfortunately for the country, when attention is called to, or attack is made on specific misuses of capital, there has been a deliberate purpose on the part of the condemned minority to distort the criticism into an attack on all capital.
FDR: “But, unfortunately for the country, when attention is called to, or attack is made on specific misuses of capital, there…”
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Roosevelt criticizes the tendency of some capitalists to misinterpret criticism of their practices as an attack on all capital.
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