FDR: “Disregard for treaty obligations seems to have followed the surface…”

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Disregard for treaty obligations seems to have followed the surface trend away from the democratic representative form of government.

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Roosevelt connects disregard for treaties with a decline in democratic governance.

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FDR: “Disregard for treaty obligations seems to have followed the surface trend away from the democratic representative form…”