FDR: “Dictatorship, however, involves costs which the American people will…”

On the recordJanuary 3, 1939

Dictatorship, however, involves costs which the American people will never pay: The cost of our spiritual values.

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Democratic · New York

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Annual Message to Congress

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FDR: “Dictatorship, however, involves costs which the American people will never pay: The cost of our spiritual values.”