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FDR: True democratic Government cannot long endure in the midst of widespread ignorance.

On the recordOctober 4, 1940
True democratic Government cannot long endure in the midst of widespread ignorance.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Address at Dedication of Three New Schools in Hyde Park, New York

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