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FDR: Nothing will sap the morale of this Nation more quickly or ruinously than penalizing its sweat and skill and thrift by…

On the recordJuly 29, 1941
Nothing will sap the morale of this Nation more quickly or ruinously than penalizing its sweat and skill and thrift by the individually undeserved and uncontrollable poverty of inflation.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress on Price Control Legislation

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