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FDR: It goes back to the basic idea of society and of the nation itself that people acting in a group can accomplish things…

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It goes back to the basic idea of society and of the nation itself that people acting in a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could even hope to bring about.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt highlights the power of collective action in achieving societal goals.

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